Johnson v. Idaho
Annotate this CaseSarah Johnson appealed the dismissal of successive petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, Johnson argued: (1) the district court erred in denying her request under Idaho Code section 19-4902 for additional DNA testing; (2) that in light of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012), and Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016), the district court erred in dismissing her Eighth Amendment claim because as a minor, the imposition of two fixed life sentences was cruel and unusual punishment; and (3) the Idaho Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v. Idaho, 327 P.3d 365 (2014) should have been overturned. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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