Johnson v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for post-conviction relief. The motion court denied the motion after an evidentiary hearing on five of Defendant's fourteen allegations of error. The supreme Court affirmed, holding, among other things, that the motion court did not clearly err in (1) denying Defendant's claim that his trial counsel were ineffective for failing to investigate and present a diminished capacity defense; (2) failing to find the State committed a Brady violation; and (3) failing to find Defendant's trial counsel were ineffective for failing to object to the admission of a reenactment video without an evidentiary hearing.
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