Johnson v. State

Appellant was indicted by the Macon County Grand Jury for the murder of Jessie Stafford. At arraignment appellant plead not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court sentenced appellant to thirty-five years' imprisonment. Because appellant questioned the sufficiency of the evidence, we set forth the relevant proof adduced at trial in detail below.

Dr. Thomas F. Gilchrist, a State forensic pathologist, testified he examined the body of Jessie Stafford on July 19, 1981, and determined the victim had received three bullet wounds. His…