STACY JOHNSON

Current Proceedings: Post-Cert. No successive federal habeas petitions have been filed. (Federal habeas petition denied and dismissed w/ prej. in 2007, denial affirmed on appeal in 2008, and cert. denied in 2009).

Case Number: 20-48; CR-18-700

Judge: Womack

Demographic Information: Black Male

Current Counsel: Jane Taylor Pucher

Legal Status: Cert. from state denial of DNA testing denied by SCOTUS 2/22/21 (2021 WL 666378)

Significant Legal Issues:

  • IAC

  • Child Eye-Witness

  • DNA evidence and Melisa Weber testimony (Weber opined that Johnson could not be excluded and that the probability that another African-American was the donor of the DNA in question was 1 in 250)

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence:

Reported Opinions:

  • Johnson v. State, 2019 Ark. 391, 591 S.W.3d 265 (2019), reh'g denied, 2020 Ark. 86 (2020).

  • Johnson v. Norris, 537 F.3d 840 (8th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 555 U.S. 1182, 129 S.Ct. 1334, 173 L.Ed.2d 605 (2009)

  • Johnson v. State, 137 S.W.3d 151 (Ark. 2004)

  • Johnson v. State, 27 S.W.3d 405 (2000) (Johnson II)

  • Johnson v. State, 993 S.W. 2d 917 (Ark. 1999)

Prior Counsel:

  • Jeffery M. Rosenzweig

  • Gerald Coleman

  • Karen Thompson

  • Erin Cassinelli

Conviction County: Sevier; second trial in Pike

Counts: 1

Victim Demographic: White Female

Crime Date: 04/01/1993

Sentencing Date:

  • 09/23/1994 (first trial)

  • 11/21/1997 (second trial)

Trial Counsel:

  • Mickey Buchanan (lead; 1994, 1997 trials)

  • David Clark (lead;1997 trial) removed for untimely filings

  • Lejeana Jones (1994, 1997 trials)

Trial Judge: Ted Capeheart (Sevier); second trial judge unknown

Trial Prosecutor: