STATE v. JOHNSON

Nos. 27565.

413 S.C. 458 (2015)

776 S.E.2d 367

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Brittany JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General, Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General, John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka , Assistant Attorney General, Brendon Jackson McDonald , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson II , of Conway, for petitioner.

Appellate Defender, Benjamin John Tripp , of Columbia, for respondent.


The State appeals the court of appeals' decision reversing Respondent Brittany Johnson's conviction for murder and remanding the case for a new trial. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 2, 2008, Brittany Johnson was arrested in Darlington County by United States...

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