JOHNSON v. STATE

No. CR-18-700.

591 S.W.3d 265 (2019)

2019 Ark. 391

Stacey Eugene JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryce Benjet , pro hac vice, The Innocence Project; and Lassiter & Cassinelli, Little Rock, by: Erin Cassinelli , for appellant.

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Pamela Rumpz , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


Stacey Johnson was twice convicted and sentenced to death for the 1993 murder of Carol Heath. Johnson has challenged his conviction on direct appeal, in state postconviction proceedings, and on federal habeas review. All of his challenges have ultimately proven unsuccessful. Now, Johnson seeks DNA testing of twenty...

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