This link contains the May Court Report, including convictions and prepared arrests. PSA 501 is our Police Service Area. This is one case that was tried and a conviction and sentence was handed down.
District Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for 2005 Slaying, Shot Victim 20 Times Victim Had Been Arguing With Defendant’s Father Julius Johnson, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 28 years of incarceration for second degree murder and other charges in a slaying that took place in August 2005 in Northwest Washington.
Johnson was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and various firearms offenses in February 2011, following a trial in the Superior Court of theDistrict of Columbia. The Honorable William M. Jackson sentenced him.
FACTS: According to the government’s evidence, Johnson shot and killed James Cousart, 41, for disrespecting his father during an argument on August 25, 2005.
The defendant’s father, Bobby Johnson, Sr., and another person were sitting outside, in the 1400 block ofFirst Street NW, in the early morning hours when Cousart approached them. Bobby Johnson, Sr. and Cousart began to argue.
During the argument, Bobby Johnson, Sr., picked up his cell phone and made a call, stating, “I’m going to call my sons, I’m going to call J.J.” Shortly thereafter, Julius Johnson pulled up in a car, got out, and shot Cousart 20 times, causing the victim’s death.
The investigation of the case went cold until new information was developed that ultimately led
to Julius Johnson’s arrest in May 2010.
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