BREAKING: Johnson convicted in murder of trans woman
Jimmy Eugene Johnson III, left, is on trial this week on charges of capital murder in connection with the May 2018 strangulation death of transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon. BREAKING UPDATE: Jurors in the trial of Jimmy Eugene Johnson III have convicted Johnson of capital murder in connection with the 2018 death by strangulation of Dallas transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon.
According to Claire Couch, media and community relations manager for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, the jury deliberated for only 14 minutes before returning with a guilty verdict, Couch said that Johnson, who chose not to take the stand in his trial, receives an automatic sentence of life without parole. ORIGINAL POST: Jurors are expected to begin deliberations sometime today (Thursday, Aug.
18) in the trial of Jimmy Eugene Johnson III, 28, who is facing a charge of capital murder in connection with the May, 2018, strangulation death of transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon, also known as Carla Patricia Jones.
Flores-Pavon was found in critical condition in her North Dallas apartment on May 9, 2018. She was taken to a hospital where she later died.
