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One of the brothers charged with shooting dead rapper T.I.'s best pal has been convicted of murder at a Cincinnati, Ohio court.

Hosea Thomas was found guilty on Wednesday of slaying 26-year-old Philant Johnson in a drive-by shooting which occurred in May 2006.

The jurors in the trial found Thomas guilty on all 11 counts in the case against him, including murder, five counts of felonious assault and illegally possessing a gun after a felony conviction.

According to MTV.com, it took the jury less than a day of deliberating to concur a guilty verdict.

Thomas, who was arrested along with his brother Pardon Thomas in June, will be sentenced next month (Dec08). He can expect a minimum of 20 years behind bars.

T.I. - real name Clifford Harris Jr. - testified in the case on Friday  telling the court how he believed the bullets that killed his childhood friend were meant for him, saying: ""All of those rounds were fired for me, in my opinion."

The incident happened after a disagreement at Bogart's nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio. T.I.'s entourage left the nightclub, only to be pursued by Johnson and his group, who began shooting at the rapper's vehicle. Three men were injured in the shooting, but T.I. escaped unscathed.