STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. VANDERGRIFF

No. SC 100077.

668 S.W.3d 574 (2023)

STATE EX REL. Johnny A. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. David VANDERGRIFF, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued June 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson was represented by Kent E. Gipson of the Law Office of Kent Gipson LLC in Kansas City, (816) 363-4400; and Laurence E. Komp of the federal public defender's office in Kansas City, (816) 471-8282.

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


On April 19, 2023, this Court issued a warrant for the execution of Johnny Johnson on August 1, 2023.1 On May 16, 2023, Johnson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming his execution would violate the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution because (1)...

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