Johnson v. United States

MACK, Senior Judge:

Appellant, Linda Johnson, was charged with cruelty to children, D.C.Code § 22-901 (1989 Repl.), and second-degree murder, D.C.Code § 22-2403 (1989 Repl.), for causing injuries to nine-month-old Jamie Banker, by shaking her, hitting her head against a wall, and dropping her, all of which resulted in the infant’s death. Appellant entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for dismissing the charges of cruelty to children and second-degree murder. Appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years to life on January 18, 1990.1

In May of 1990,…