Overview
- Prosecutors opened with hospital photos and police bodycam video as the woman testified that Johnson raped and choked her for hours.
- The woman told jurors she passed out, slipped out the next morning, and texted her social worker, who then contacted police.
- Defense lawyers said her account is unreliable and argued medical records show no head or neck injuries to support attempted murder, while conceding the evidence could fit a lesser assault charge.
- Judge Jan Alexander set boundaries on what medical experts may say and, by agreement, barred any reference to prior domestic violence allegations between the two.
- Johnson has been held in Baltimore County for about two years as the case moves forward, drawing attention because his earlier prosecution in Phylicia Barnes’ death ended without a conviction.