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"&lt;img alt=\"0117_robert_thomas_mugshot\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/17/0117-robert-thomas-mugshot-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man accused of shooting and killing a clubgoer in Hollywood last weekend was accused of ANOTHER murder just a few months ago -- but the guy beat the rap, TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22-year-old Robert Earl Thomas was arrested last July in connection with a murder that took place in 2009 in L.A. -- back when Thomas was just 19.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas was charged with murder -- but law enforcement sources tell us, he was not the gunman in the case. We're told he was one of several people involved in the murder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas pled \"not guilty\" and spent 4 months in jail, but the murder charge was ultimately dropped due to lack of evidence. He was released in November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas is now accused of the murder TMZ captured on camera outside Empire nightclub in Hollywood last week. He was arrested Wednesday night at a friend's house in Las Vegas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is still in custody."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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