PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


277 A.D.2d 702 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 668

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILELLE JOHNSON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided November 22, 2000.


Graffeo, J.

After a trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree based on evidence that he shot the victim, his cousin, on Christmas Eve 1997 in the course of robbing the victim of a distinctive leather jacket. The District Attorney having withdrawn the notice of intent to seek the death penalty prior to trial, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

An eyewitness who was familiar with both defendant...

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