Title: Johnson v. State
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 555, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 3, 2019

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RAYSHAUN JOHNSON, 
§ 
 
 
§ No. 555, 2018 
 
Defendant Below, 
§  
 
Appellant, 
§ Court Below: Superior Court 
 
 
§ of the State of Delaware  
 
v. 
§  
 
 
§ Cr. ID: N1503017603 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
§  
 
 
§ 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
§  
 
Appellee. 
§ 
 
Submitted: August 21, 2019 
Decided: 
September 3, 2019 
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 3rd day of September, 2019, after careful consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record on appeal, it appears to the Court that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons stated in its 
February 15, 2017 bench ruling denying Rayshaun E. Johnson’s motion for 
judgment of acquittal on the charge of conspiracy to commit murder.  Johnson cites 
Washington v. State1 in support of his case, but Washington is inapposite.  In 
Washington, we reversed the denial of a motion for acquittal because the only 
evidence of the defendant’s participation in an armed robbery and related conspiracy 
                                         
1 4 A.3d 375 (Del. 2010). 
2 
was the uncorroborated testimony of a co-conspirator—testimony that was flatly 
contradicted by the robbery victim.  Here, however, the State introduced substantial 
other evidence probative of Johnson’s participation in the conspiracy.2  Put simply, 
the Superior Court correctly denied Johnson’s motion for judgment of acquittal. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                         
2 Not only was Johnson identified as one of three men—one of them agitated and armed—who 
were looking for the murder victim earlier on the evening of the murder, later that night Johnson 
made a statement indicative of his participation in the crime.  In particular, he said, “Remember 
the boy . . . I was telling you about? . . . I think we got him.”  App. to Answering Br. B3.  Moreover, 
the investigating officers found shell casings of two different calibers at the scene, suggesting the 
possibility of two weapons, and therefore, two shooters.