State Supreme Court upholds murder conviction in shooting of Cassie Johnson

State Supreme Court upholds murder conviction in shooting of Cassie Johnson

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of a man convicted of shooting and killing a Charleston police officer in 2020. According to a release Wednesday from West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey's office, the state supreme court unanimously affirmed a second-degree murder conviction for Joshua Marcellus Phillips, who shot and killed officer Cassie Johnson in December 2020. Phillips was found guilt…

West Virginia High Court Upholds Conviction in officer Murder

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the 2022 conviction of the man who killed Charleston police officer Cassie Johnson. That's according to Attorney General J.B. McCuskey. His office said that "Phillips had claimed self-defense during the trial. The circuit court sentenced Phillips to 40-years imprisonment for second-degree murder, plus a consecutive six-months for drug possession." The high court un…

WV Supreme Court affirmed second degree murder charge

Oak Hill, WV (WOAY) – On Wednesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of Joshua Marcellus Phillips for the fatal shooting of a Charleston police officer. On December 1st, 2020, Phillips shot and killed Officer Cassie Johnson. In his June 2022 trial, the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and simple possession of a controlled substance. During the trial, Phillips claimed…

WV Supreme Court rejects appeal of man who killed Charleston Police officer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed the murder conviction of the man who shot and killed a Charleston Police officer in 2020. Joshua Marcellus Phillips shot Officer Cassie Johnson, 28, along Garrison Avenue on December 3. 2020, after she had responded to a parking complaint. He was convicted of…

West Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction in Death of Charleston Police Officer - West Virginia Daily News

CHARLESTON W.Va. (WVDN) – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals today unanimously affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of Joshua Marcellus Phillips for the December 1, 2020, fatal shooting of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson. Following a June 2022 trial in Kanawha County Circuit Court, a jury found Phillips guilty of second-degree murder and simple possession of a controlled substance. Phillips had claimed self-defense durin…