Charles A. Johnson (born 1930/1931) is a former judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, serving from 1989 to 2014.
[2] He was active in the Reserve component of the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel, USAFR, having received the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.
[3][4] Johnson wrote the opinion in Bechtel vs State "which held that expert testimony about the Battered Woman Syndrome is admissible in Oklahoma courts.
[7] Johnson is the past president of the Kay County Bar Association, and operated a private law practice before he was appointed to the criminal appeals court.
[8] Former Governor, Mary Fallin, appointed Judge Rob Hudson from Guthrie, Oklahoma to fill Johnson's vacancy on March 12, 2015.