Legal Opinion
People v. Johnson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Defendant was convicted of murder in the State of Mississippi and presently awaits execution of a death sentence, which has been temporarily stayed pending decision on his petition for postconviction relief. To advance his efforts to obtain such relief, defendant now seeks reversal of a 1963 New York assault conviction, which was used as an aggravating factor at the sentencing phase of the Mississippi trial.
We construe the Appellate Division order as one affirming the judgment of resentence and determining that review of the underlying 1963 conviction was not available.…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. CorsoNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
4Cited by15 opinions
- Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. SyvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Samuel Bice Johnson v. Steve Puckett, Commissioner James v. Anderson, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Rivera v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
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