Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 1992No. 89-KA-1882PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNES, Judge.
Saul Johnson appeals his conviction and sentence for second degree murder. We affirm.
*80Defendant originally was charged and found guilty of the first degree murders of Sue Windham and Earline Nunn on March 14, 1986. However, the appellant’s convictions and sentences were vacated on appeal by the Louisiana Supreme Court based on the prosecutor’s improper reference to Johnson’s failure to testify. State v. Johnson, 541 So.2d 818 (La.1989). The Court also noted that while the evidence at trial supported a verdict of first degree murder of Ms. Windham, it only supported a verdict of…
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