STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. BLAIR

No. SC 99176.

628 S.W.3d 375 (2021)

STATE EX REL. Ernest JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Paul BLAIR, Warden of Potosi Correctional Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued August 31, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson was represented by Jeremy S. Weis and Laurence E. Komp of the federal public defender's office in Kansas City, (816) 471-8282.

The state was represented by Gregory M. Goodwin and Michael J. Spillane of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.


PER CURIAM

Facts and Procedural History

In February 1994, Ernest Lee Johnson bought a bottle of beer and a package of cigarettes at a Columbia convenience store he frequented.1 Johnson made a second trip to the convenience store but did not purchase anything. On one of these trips, Johnson questioned the cashier about who would be working the next shift. The cashier responded Mabel Scruggs would...

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