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PEOPLE v. HOUSTON

No. 4-93-0009.

629 N.E.2d 774 (1994)

258 Ill. App.3d 364

196 Ill.Dec. 229

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Earl HOUSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

February 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Gary R. Peterson, Asst. Defender, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Atty., Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Atty., Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Rebecca L. White, Staff Atty., Springfield, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas Earl Houston, appeals from his conviction of murder, alleging he was improperly found guilty of the murder of Shelvin Johnson under an accountability theory (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a), 5-2) and he was improperly convicted of five counts of murder with respect to the same victim. We affirm his conviction of first degree murder based on the intentional killing of Johnson, and vacate the...

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