Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 30, 2014No. S14A0558PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Donterrius Johnson was convicted of two counts of felony murder and related offenses in connection with the beating deaths of two victims in separate incidents in 2009. Johnson now appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of his videotaped police interview, and the propriety of his sentencing, and contending that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. We agree that Johnson was improperly sentenced on the two felonies underlying his felony murder convictions and therefore vacate his sentences on Counts 2 and 5. In all other…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. Dozier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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