United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. “The court also ruled that Johnson’s trial would be “trifurcated” into three phases: (1) a “merits phase,” to determine guilt or innocence of the charged offenses; (2) an “eligibility phase,” to determine whether one “gateway aggravating factor” identified in § 848(n)(l) and one or more of the “statutory aggravating factors” in § 848(n)(2) through (12) were present; and (8) a “penalty phase,” to determine whether “non-statutory aggravating factors” and “mitigating factors” were present and “ ‘whether the aggravating factors found to exist sufficiently outweigh any mitigating factor or factors found to exist, or in the absence of mitigating factors, whether the aggravating factors are themselves sufficient to justify a sentence of death.’ ” See United States v. Johnson, 362 F.Supp.2d 1043, 1099-1111 (N.D.Iowa 2005) (quoting 21 U.S.C. § 848 (k)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 915 F. Supp. 2d 958 - United States v. Johnson

2. “abbreviation” to refer to both the ADAA scheme, enacted in 1988 (and applicable to her), and the FDPA scheme, enacted in 1994. . I will address in more detail the import of Purkey , on which the court in Rodriguez , in part, relied, in the analysis of Johnson’s next argument. . The prosecution’s first argument is actually that this motion is premature, but I will address that argument, below, in § II.C.2., beginning on page 26. . I believe that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has taken a position on the issue, however, concluding that the FDPA”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 900 F. Supp. 2d 949 - United States v. Johnson

3. “(9) Angela Johnson was raised in a single-parent household by an emotionally unstable mother who subjected her children to unusual fasting practices, long periods of abandonment and physical detachment, and occasional physical abuse, resulting in Angela Johnson being far more susceptible to escape through illicit drug use, a series of unhealthy relationships with men, and chronic feelings of abandonment and poor self-esteem.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 860 F. Supp. 2d 663 - Johnson v. United States