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      "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LA VANCE PARSON, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "JUSTICE CAMPBELL\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nFollowing a jury trial, La Vance Parson was found guilty of the murder of James Atkins, Jr., and of the attempted murders of Raymond Spain and Darryl Davis, and sentenced to a prison term of 40 years for the murder conviction and two terms of 20 years each for the attempted murder convictions. The mittimus stated the sentences were to run consecutively. On appeal, this court affirmed defendant\u2019s convictions, remanding the matter to the trial court for the sole purpose of clarifying defendant\u2019s sentence and correcting the mittimus, which this court found to be inconsistent with the trial court\u2019s sentencing order. People v. Parson (1993), 249 Ill. App. 3d 1021.\nIn a related case, People v. Jeter (1993), 247 Ill. App. 3d 120, the sixth division of this court affirmed the convictions of codefendant Anthony Thomas for the murder of Atkins, and the attempted murders of Spain and Davis, and affirmed the conviction of codefendant Gerald Jeter for the murder of Atkins and the attempted murder of Spain, but vacated the defendants\u2019 sentences, remanding the matter to the trial court for resentencing. The Jeter court determined that the trial court erred in failing to consider defendants\u2019 rehabilitative potential as well as certain mitigating factors during the sentencing hearing. The three defendants in these two interrelated cases were sentenced in the same hearing, by the same trial court.\nOn November 2, 1993, the supreme court of Illinois entered supervisory order No. 75430, directing this court to enter an order vacating defendant\u2019s sentence and remanding this matter to the trial court consistent with this court\u2019s decision in Jeter.\nThus, in accordance with the supervisory order of the supreme court of Hlinois, we hereby: (1) vacate the language in our opinion in Parson pertaining to the clarification of Parson\u2019s sentence; (2) vacate Parson\u2019s sentence; and (3) remand this matter to the trial court for resentencing on Parson\u2019s murder conviction.\nIn modifying our opinion, we adopt the following language set forth in Jeter:\n\"Our review of the record indicates that the trial court did not carefully weigh the evidence presented at defendants\u2019 sentencing hearing, but instead, sentenced defendants 'for punishment only\u2019 based upon personal beliefs about the state of our prison system. The fact that the trial court failed to articulate the fact that he had considered the statutory factors before sentencing defendants supports this conclusion. We therefore vacate defendants\u2019 sentences and remand their cause for a new sentencing hearing in which the appropriate factors may be carefully considered.\u201d Jeter, 247 Ill. App. 3d at 132.\nFor the reasons stated, defendant\u2019s sentence is vacated and this cause remanded to the trial court for the purpose of resentencing defendant.\nAffirmed and remanded.\nBUCKLEY and O\u2019CONNOR, JJ., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, of Chicago (Greg Koster, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.",
      "Jack O\u2019Malley, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Celeste Stewart Stack, Special Assistant State\u2019s Attorney, and Renee Goldfarb and William D. Carroll, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
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    "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LA VANCE PARSON, Defendant-Appellant.\nFirst District (1st Division)\nNo. 1 \u2014 89\u20140990\nOpinion filed December 13, 1993.\nRita A. Fry, Public Defender, of Chicago (Greg Koster, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.\nJack O\u2019Malley, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Celeste Stewart Stack, Special Assistant State\u2019s Attorney, and Renee Goldfarb and William D. Carroll, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
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