GUILTY VERDICT: Triple Homicide Trial  Watch live video of the
trial with updates from the Erie County Courthouse. Jessica
Cuffman Nov 4, 2013   UPDATE 5:13 p.m. — Guilty, on all counts.
After about 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, the 12-person jury
found Curtis Clinton, 42, guilty of five counts aggravated
murder, three counts rape, one count aggravated burglary, and on
all accompanying specifications.  The penalty for the aggravated
murders includes the possibility of the death penalty.  The same
jury who heard the criminal trial will return for the mitigation
phase Nov. 12, to hear evidence and make a recommendation as to
whether Clinton should be sentenced to death.  UPDATE 12:07 p.m.
— The jury is out.  After about two hours of closing arguments
Monday morning, Erie County Common Pleas Judge Tygh Tone read
the jury their lengthy instructions, sent them to deliberate and
ordered them sequestered until they deliver a verdict in the
triple homicide case against Curtis Clinton.  Clinton, 42,
accused of killing