STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 2012-0405.

144 Ohio St.3d 518 (2015)

2015-Ohio-4903

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. JOHNSON, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ronald W. Springman Jr. , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, Linda Prucha , Supervisor, Death-Penalty Division, and Tyson Fleming and Daniel Jones, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.


{¶ 1} In 1998, defendant-appellant, Rayshawn Johnson, was convicted of the 1997 aggravated murder of Shanon Marks and was sentenced to death. Finding no success on direct appeal or through the postconviction process in state court, Johnson sought habeas corpus relief in federal court and was granted relief there on...

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