"Johnson was first convicted of violent sexual assault in June 1985. He was convicted of raping Jane Doe, an adult female in Oakland, by using a firearm. He was sentenced to five years in state prison and was paroled for the offense in July 1988. According to a press release, Johnson escaped the custody of the Monterey County Sheriff while awaiting extradition on an out-of-state warrant. Within hours, he committed a violent sexual assault on a 14-year-old male Monterey County resident."
"Following a court trial in January 1989, Johnson was convicted of four forcible sex crimes and the escape by Judge Richard M. Silver. He was sentenced to 31 years in state prison. Johnson was evaluated before his release and was deemed to meet the criteria for a sexually violent predator. He was tried under the state's sexually violent predator laws in 2013, but the jury did not reach a unanimous verdict."
Gregory Lavell Johnson, 62 of Coalinga, was convicted by a Monterey County jury as a sexually violent predator for crimes from the 1980s. Judge Andrew G. Liu ordered his indefinite commitment to the Department of State Hospitals for sex offender treatment. Johnson was convicted in June 1985 of raping an adult woman in Oakland at gunpoint, served prison time, and was paroled in July 1988. He escaped custody while awaiting extradition and assaulted a 14-year-old male, leading to January 1989 convictions for four forcible sex crimes and escape and a 31-year prison term. Evaluations in 2013 and 2020 found he met SVP criteria; legal delays and a subsequent in-custody drug conviction postponed final commitment until the current trial.
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