People v. Johnson

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment in its entirety, upholding the defendant's convictions and death sentence. It held that the trial court acted within its discretion in excluding the defendant from the capital trial because of repeated, violent, and disruptive misconduct, and that he forfeited or waived related rights to testify. The court also rejected challenges involving substitute counsel, competency proceedings, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions, concluding that any error either did not occur or did not prejudice the defendant.