LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Logan County man who claimed post-traumatic stress disorder caused by his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan as a defense.The appeals court affirmed Joshua John Johnson’s conviction in the March 2014 shotgun slaying of his ex-wife, 30-year-old Lora Karras. Johnson did not deny killing Karras but argued he should be found not guilty by reason of a mental disease [...]
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