State v. Johnson
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person. The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions, holding (1) Appellant waived any claimed error regarding the admission of autopsy photographs of the victim’s injuries; (2) the trial court did not err in overruling Appellant’s Batson challenge to the State’s use of a peremptory strike against the only African-American prospective juror; and (3) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of irrelevant DNA testing results, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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