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The accused was convicted of qualified illegal possession of a firearm for an incident where he shot and killed someone with an unlicensed gun. The Supreme Court overturned his conviction, holding that: 1) Under the amended law, use of an unlicensed firearm in a homicide is considered an aggravating circumstance rather than a separate crime. 2) The amended law applies retroactively in this case because its penalties are more favorable to the accused. 3) The accused cannot be convicted of homicide as that c

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Johnson Yaplin

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