Johnson v. State

Smith, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Martha Ann Johnson, was convicted for the murder of her daughter and sentenced to life in prison. We affirm.

In 1982 the Clayton County Police Department responded to a call regarding the death of a child, Jenny Ann Wright, Mrs. Johnson’s 11-year-old daughter. The state crime lab performed an autopsy and determined that asphyxiation was the cause of death.

Mrs. Johnson was informed that she was a suspect in the death of her daughter Jenny and the deaths of her three other children; however, no action was taken against Mrs. Johnson until the case was…