State v. Johnson

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Ronald Johnson's motion to modify his hard 50 life sentence. It held that the sentence was final, the applicable sentence-modification statute did not provide an independent procedural mechanism for relief, and the later constitutional rule concerning judicial fact-finding did not apply retroactively or establish jurisdiction for resentencing. The court also rejected Johnson's due process claim because the statute did not require resentencing in his case.