State ex rel. Ernest Johnson v. Paul Blair

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri denied Ernest Johnson's habeas petition and left his three death sentences intact. The court found that Johnson failed to prove intellectual disability under the DSM-5-informed framework, rejected his instructional-error claims as previously litigated or procedurally barred, and held that he failed to establish either a sufficiently imminent risk from lethal injection or a sufficiently detailed feasible alternative method. No separate opinions were filed.