JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 05-CF-1000.

960 A.2d 281 (2008)

Markus JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Levick, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Suzanne C. Nyland, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Mary B. McCord, David J. Gorman, Roy L. Austin, and Gregory G. Marshall, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, THOMPSON, Associate Judge, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:

On March 17, 2002, Markus Johnson, an aspiring model, killed Michael Myers, the owner of a modeling agency, by inflicting numerous wounds with, among other implements, two knives, a screwdriver, a floor buffer, and finally, a hacksaw. That Johnson committed the act is uncontested. And by all accounts, the scene of the killing was horrific.

A grand jury indicted Johnson for first-degree premeditated murder while armed with aggravating...

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