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PEOPLE v. JOHNSTON

No. 5-00-0713.

763 N.E.2d 410 (2002)

327 Ill. App.3d 385

261 Ill.Dec. 440

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Harold JOHNSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Carrie B. Marche, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Appellant.

Gary Duncan, State's Attorney, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Gerry R. Arnold, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

William Harold Johnston was convicted of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and attempted murder in May of 1985. He exhausted all of his appeals years ago. A final effort to overturn his convictions, through the pursuit of postconviction proceedings, failed in 1991. During the ensuing nine years, Johnston served his time without hope of relief from a lengthy imprisonment that constituted the measure of his punishment...

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