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      "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. TRACY E. JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant."
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        "text": "JUSTICE SLATER\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe petitioner, Tracy E. Johnson, broke into the home of the victim, Sterns Crapnell, with the intent to commit a theft. During the course of the crime, Crapnell returned home and the petitioner killed him. The petitioner was convicted of felony murder based on burglary, burglary and residential burglary. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, pars. 9\u20141(a)(3), 19\u20141(a), 19\u20143(a). He was sentenced to a 70-year term of imprisonment for felony murder and a concurrent 15-year term of imprisonment for residential burglary. No sentence was imposed on the burglary conviction.\nOn appeal, this court affirmed his convictions and sentences. People v. Johnson, 223 Ill. App. 3d 169, 584 N.E.2d 515 (1991). The petitioner then filed a postconviction petition which the trial court dismissed at the first stage of proceedings.\nOn appeal from that dismissal, the petitioner argued for the first time that his conviction for felony murder should be vacated because he could not have been convicted of that offense as a matter of law. The petitioner noted that, at the time of the crime, felony murder could be predicated upon burglary but not residential burglary. Since the time of his direct appeal, our supreme court has ruled that burglary and residential burglary are mutually exclusive and that one cannot be convicted of burglary of a residence. See People v. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d 275, 633 N.E.2d 635 (1994). Therefore, the petitioner argued, his conviction for residential burglary precluded a finding that he committed burglary, the predicate crime for his felony-murder conviction. In addition, he alleged that both trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for failing to attack the felony-murder charge on this ground.\nWe remanded the petition to the trial court to allow the petitioner to amend his petition to include this contention and allow the trial court to rule on its merits. People v. Johnson, 271 Ill. App. 3d 1155 (1995) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). On remand, the trial court again dismissed the petition. The petitioner appeals, and we reverse.\nOn appeal, the petitioner argues that his rights to due process and the effective assistance of counsel were denied when he was convicted of felony murder based upon burglary when the record conclusively establishes that, as a matter of law, he could not have been guilty of burglary. See People v. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d 275, 633 N.E.2d 635 (1994).\nIn response, the State argues that the holding in Childress is inapplicable to this case. In the alternative, the State contends that even if this court is bound by the holding in Childress, it need not be applied retroactively.to the petitioner\u2019s case because Childress created a new rule of law.\nAt the time of the offense, the burglary provision stated that, \u201cA person commits burglary when without authority he knowingly enters *** a building *** with intent to commit therein a felony or theft. This offense shall not include *** the offense of residential burglary as defined in Section 19\u20143 hereof.\u201d Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19\u20141. Based on this provision, our supreme court found that residential burglary and burglary are two separate offenses that are mutually exclusive. People v. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d 275, 302, 633 N.E.2d 635, 647 (1994). Residential burglary can be committed only in dwelling places, while simple burglary cannot occur in a dwelling place. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d at 302, 633 N.E.2d at 647.\nHere, at the time the petitioner murdered Crapnell, residential burglary was not a predicate offense of felony murder. See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9\u20141(a)(2), 2\u20148. Therefore, the petitioner\u2019s felony-murder conviction can only be upheld if the petitioner could have been convicted of felony murder predicated upon burglary. However, a defendant cannot commit a burglary in a dwelling place. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d at 302, 633 N.E.2d at 647. Since the crime occurred in the victim\u2019s home, a dwelling place, the petitioner could not have been guilty of burglary as a matter of law. Therefore, the petitioner\u2019s conviction for felony murder predicated upon burglary must be vacated.\nThe State, argues, however, that we should not vacate the petitioner\u2019s felony-murder conviction because we need not apply the ruling in Childress retroactively to the petitioner\u2019s case. Specifically, the State contends that a decision that announces a new rule of law is not to be applied retroactively to cases pending on collateral review. People v. Moore, 177 Ill. 2d 421, 686 N.E.2d 587 (1997).\nWe do not believe that Childress announced a new rule of law. Instead, it merely applied the statutory law to the facts of this case and held that the offenses were mutually exclusive. Childress, 158 Ill. 2d at 302, 633 N.E.2d at 646; cf. People v. Moore, 177 Ill. 2d 421, 686 N.E.2d 587 (1997) (a decision does not announce a new rule of law if it merely applies precedent to a similar set of facts).\nWe need not reach the petitioner\u2019s remaining contentions regarding the effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel based upon our resolution of the foregoing issue.\nAccordingly, the judgment of the circuit court of Rock Island County is reversed, and the petitioner\u2019s conviction for felony murder is vacated.\nReversed.\nHOLDRIDGE, P.J., and KOEHLER, J., concur.",
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      "Peter A. Carusona, of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.",
      "Marshall E. Douglas, State\u2019s Attorney, of Rock Island (John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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    "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. TRACY E. JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant.\nThird District\nNo. 3\u201497\u20140713\nOpinion filed May 17, 1999.\nRehearing denied June 23, 1999.\nPeter A. Carusona, of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.\nMarshall E. Douglas, State\u2019s Attorney, of Rock Island (John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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