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June 01, 2004
[5] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,v.MARCO A. CAMPOS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
[6] Appeal from the Circuit Court of Du Page County. No. 98-CF-1116 Honorable Robert J. Anderson, Judge, Presiding.
[8] Following a mistrial on charges of criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12--13(a)(1) (West 1996)), criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12--15(a)(1) (West 1996)), and battery (720 ILCS 5/12--3(a)(2) (West 1996)), defendant, Marco A. Campos, filed a "Motion to Discharge and Acquit Defendant on Plea of Double Jeopardy." The trial court denied defendant's motion, and defendant filed a timely notice of appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(f) (188 Ill. 2d R. 604(f)) . On appeal, defendant argues that the State should be barred from retrying him because the prosecutor intentionally provoked a mistrial. We affirm.
[9] Defendant was charged with committing five assaults against four different women. Four of the five assaults allegedly occurred at defendant's place of employment, the Chateau Village Center, which is a nursing home in Willowbrook. The fifth incident was alleged to have taken place in an apartment in Darien. Defendant's trial commenced on August 26, 2002. We dispense with a summary of the testimony at trial, as it is not necessary for resolution of the issue before us. We will refer to relevant evidence as our analysis warrants.
[10] Defendant's claim of error is based on the prosecutor's examination of Willowbrook police commander Mark Shelton. Shelton testified that, on May 11, 1998, he went to the Chateau Village Center to speak with facility administrator Nancy Hartmann as part of his investigation of several complaints against defendant. Shelton testified that he also spoke to defendant on that date. Defense counsel then requested a sidebar and informed the court that defendant had asked to speak to a lawyer during his conversation with Shelton. Defense counsel stated, "If that comes out, it will vitiate the jury and cause a mistrial." The following colloquy then occurred:
"MR. KNIGHT [Assistant State's Attorney]: I'm certainly not
going to ask him that.
[12] MR. CONNIFF [Defense counsel]: Then where are we going with this?
THE COURT: I don't think you want to try the case again.
So make sure, you know--
[14] MR. KNIGHT: I know, I understand the law, judge."
[15] Assistant State's Attorney Knight then asked Shelton what he asked defendant regarding the incidents under investigation and what, if anything, defendant said in response. Defendant objected and the court overruled the objection. Assistant State's Attorney Knight then asked Shelton to relate what he told defendant and what defendant said to him about the incidents. Shelton testified as follows:
"A. I told him that some ladies had come forward to the
police department about some incidents involving improper contact
involving him.
[17] Q. What did he say?
A. He said he had done nothing to anyone. And at that time,
he said he needed to speak with an attorney."
[19] Defense counsel then objected and moved for a mistrial. Assistant State's Attorney Knight advised the court that, when he went over Shelton's testimony with him, Shelton indicated that he was going to testify that defendant said he did not do anything to anybody. Assistant State's Attorney Knight further said that he told Shelton, "[T]hat's all we're going to talk about." The court then declared a mistrial.
[20] Subsequently, defendant moved for an acquittal or a discharge of the complaints against him on double jeopardy grounds. The State responded with affidavits that mirrored Assistant State's Attorney Knight's earlier statement to the court that he had intended to limit Shelton to testifying that defendant said he did not do anything to anyone. However, Assistant State's Attorney Knight admitted that he did not specifically instruct Shelton not to mention defendant's request for an attorney. The court denied defendant's motion, finding that there was no reason why the State would have wanted a mistrial and that the prosecutor did not act in bad faith in failing to tell Shelton not to mention defendant's request for an attorney. Defendant's appeal ensued.
[21] The parties disagree regarding which standard of review should apply to our review of the merits of the court's denial of defendant's motion. Defendant argues for a de novo standard of review because of the need for uniformity and because neither the credibility of the witnesses nor the facts are at issue. The State contends that we should reverse the trial court's decision only if an abuse of discretion occurred because the ruling was based on a factual determination, namely, whether the prosecutor goaded defendant into moving for a mistrial. We agree with the State.
[22] There is case law that states, generally, that review is de novo when a constitutional right is at stake. People v. Leeper, 317 Ill. App. 3d 475, 480 (2000). However, this is not always the case. Recently, when reviewing a trial court's decision to disqualify a defendant's chosen counsel on conflict of interest grounds, our supreme court declined to review de novo the trial court's ultimate "assessment" of the facts. People v. Ortega, 209 Ill. 2d 354 (2004). Instead, because trial courts need to have discretion when deciding whether to allow a defendant to waive counsel's actual or potential conflict of interest, the court held that it was required to give deference not only to the trial court's factual findings, but also to the weight the trial court gave to the facts. Ortega, 209 Ill. 2d at 358-60. Consequently, the court considered whether the trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying defendant's counsel. Ortega, 209 Ill. 2d at 359.
[23] Similarly, when a defendant has filed a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds, arguing that the prosecutor goaded him into moving for a mistrial, reviewing courts have declined to reverse the trial court's ruling on the motion absent an abuse of discretion. This court has held that the proper standard of review in a case such as the one before us is "whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based upon its finding that the State did not intend to provoke a mistrial." People v. Wilson, 309 Ill. App. 3d 235, 242 (1999).
[24] Citing People v. Walker, 308 Ill. App. 3d 435 (1999), defendant contends that the authority from this court is inconsistent as to which standard of review is proper. We disagree. In Walker, the issue was whether statements made by a police detective should be imputed to the State in order to establish prosecutorial overreaching. We held that this was a question of law, subject to de novo review. Walker, 308 Ill. App. 3d at 438. Unlike in Walker, the issue in this case is the intent of the prosecutor himself, which is a factual question that the trial court is in the best position to determine. See Ortega, 209 Ill. 2d at 363 ("[T]he trial court is in a better position than a reviewing court to judge the motives and intentions of the prosecutors"). Consequently, Walker is distinguishable.
[25] Defendant also contends that de novo review is appropriate because neither the credibility of witnesses nor specific facts are at issue. This argument is not persuasive, because the question of prosecutorial intent involves assessing the credibility of the prosecutor's representations to the trial court, an assessment that the trial court is in the best position to make. The outcome of defendant's motion to discharge rested solely on the trial court's finding with respect to intent. Accordingly, we will not overturn the court's factual findings unless they are against the manifest weight of the evidence, and we will not reverse the trial court's decision on the merits of the motion to discharge absent an abuse of discretion. An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's decision is "fanciful, arbitrary, or unreasonable to the degree that no reasonable person would agree with it." Ortega, 209 Ill. 2d at 359.
[26] Defendant further contends that we should not defer to the trial court's discretion because the court applied an incorrect standard when deciding his motion and did not address the prosecutor's intent. Whether the trial court applied the proper legal standard is a question of law, which is subject to de novo review. Walker, 308 Ill. App. 3d at 438. Accordingly, we review de novo whether the trial court properly applied the law. However, we give deference to the court's factual findings and to its ultimate decision based on those findings. For the following reasons, we conclude that the court did use the wrong standard, but the denial of defendant's motion was appropriate nonetheless.
[27] The double jeopardy clauses of the United States Constitution and the Illinois Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. V; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, §10) protect a criminal defendant from repeated prosecutions for the same offense. When the defendant, rather than the State, moves for a mistrial, the defendant is deemed to have deliberately chosen "to forgo his valued right to have his guilt or innocence determined before the first trier of fact." People v. Nelson, 193 Ill. 2d 216, 220-21 (2000). In such a case, the double jeopardy clause does not bar retrial, unless "the governmental conduct in question is intended to 'goad' the defendant into moving for a mistrial." Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667, 676, 72 L. Ed. 2d 416, 425, 102 S. Ct. 2083, 2089 (1982). This is a "narrow exception" that the Supreme Court adopted after rejecting a more general standard based on a prosecutor's bad-faith conduct or harassment of the defendant. Kennedy, 456 U.S. at 673-75, 72 L. Ed. 2d at 423-24, 102 S. Ct. at 2088-89; see also Nelson, 193 Ill. 2d at 221.
[28] In the case at bar, the trial court determined whether the prosecutor acted in bad faith rather than whether he intended to provoke defendant into moving for a mistrial. It appears that the court was relying on one of this court's opinions, which held that prosecutorial misconduct occurs when the prosecutor acts to cause or provoke a mistrial in order to obtain another opportunity to convict the defendant, or when the prosecutor's conduct is " 'motivated by bad faith to harass or prejudice the accused.' " Walker, 308 Ill. App. 3d at 439, quoting People v. Brown, 222 Ill. App. 3d 703, 711 (1991). However, as the parties point out, both the United States Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court have rejected the general "bad faith" and "harassment" standards. Kennedy, 456 U.S. at 676, 72 L. Ed. 2d at 425, 102 S. Ct. at 2089; Nelson, 193 Ill. 2d at 221. Thus, the trial court erred when it considered whether the prosecutor acted in bad faith when questioning Commander Shelton. We hold, however, that the denial of defendant's motion was proper, even though the court applied an incorrect legal standard.
[29] The propriety of the trial court's judgment, not its reasoning, is before us on appeal. We may affirm the trial court's judgment on any ground warranted, regardless of whether the trial court relied on it and regardless of whether the trial court's reasoning was correct. People ex rel. Waller v. 1990 Ford Bronco, 158 Ill. 2d 460, 463 (1994). It is evident from the trial court's factual findings that there was no prosecutorial intent to provoke a mistrial. Accordingly, we will not reverse the trial court's decision.
[30] In rendering its decision, the trial court made factual findings relevant to whether the prosecutor intended to provoke a mistrial. These findings will not be disturbed, as they are not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Further, the decision to deny the motion to discharge was not an abuse of discretion. See Wilson, 309 Ill. App. 3d at 242. First, the trial court found that there was no reason why the State would have wanted a mistrial and that the evidence was "going in a way that was not unfavorable to the State." Although defendant claims that he had been "poking holes" in the State's theory of the case during his cross-examination of the State's witnesses, he has not persuaded us that the court's assessment of the trial's progress was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Consequently, there is no evidence to support defendant's contention that the State wanted a mistrial.
[31] The court found that the errors committed by Assistant State's Attorney Knight were "dumb mistakes" that did not amount to bad faith, implying that he did not act intentionally to provoke a mistrial. Defendant argues that the repeated inquiries about what defendant said to Shelton demonstrate an intent to subvert the protections of the double jeopardy clause. We disagree. Assistant State's Attorney Knight stated to the court, both orally and in an affidavit, that he did not intend to elicit testimony from Shelton that defendant asked to speak to an attorney. We find nothing in the record to indicate that the trial court's assessment of the nature of the prosecution's errors was against the manifest weight of the evidence, and, thus, there is insufficient evidence to support a determination that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to discharge. While Assistant State's Attorney Knight should have advised Shelton not to mention defendant's request for an attorney, and while his questioning of Shelton perhaps should have been tailored to elicit a legally inoffensive response, these mistakes do not amount to prosecutorial intent to provoke a mistrial.
[32] Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County.
[33] Affirmed.
[34] McLAREN and HUTCHINSON, JJ., concur.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
When walking the path at the top of Sheep Hill, at this particular spot, you can't help but be shocked by the steepness, especially if there's a bit of snow for emphasis, and the sky is churning in a different direction. A 9x12 pastel.
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Labels: pastel, Sheep Hill, snow, williamstown
Monday, November 28, 2016
A Beautiful Day on the Hill
Today was another last best day for a while in terms of the weather, so I went back to the mountain view at the top of Sheep Hill. Mount Greylock in the distance is covered with snow. In front of Mount Greylock is the Hopper, the v-shaped valley. The mountain on the left is Prospect while the one on the right is Stony Ledge. It was a beautiful day to paint outside. Hopefully there will be a couple more best last days.
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Labels: Greylock, Hopper, mountains, plein air, Sheep Hill
Sunday, November 27, 2016
The Pine Tree
For a change of pace I climbed up and down Sheep Hill while it was covered with snow. I only fell down once. My mountain in the distance was surrounded by clouds. At the bottom of the hill next to the path stood the familiar pine tree. This is an 8x10 pastel.
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Labels: pastel, Sheep Hill, snow, trees, williamstown
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Gone Squash
This 5x7 pastel represents a small squash about eight inches long. It no longer exists. It was sacrificed to the Thanksgiving meal.
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Labels: pastel, squash, still life
Friday, November 25, 2016
Three Beets.
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Labels: beets, pastel, still life
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Vulnerable Onion
At first I thought I might do some edgy veggies, but as I worked on this onion, I saw how vulnerable is the flesh of vegetables. Already the skin of the onion is drying and peeling. This is a 5x7 pastel.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Labels: onions, pastel, still life
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Before the Snow
Since it started snowing on Sunday, I haven't made it back to the mountains. This 9x12 pastel is a view of the mountains before the snow.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
I'm still responding to the Farmer's market. 8x10 pastel. Sometimes it's just enough to respond to something simple in front of you. I was heavily invested in the future of our country. Now I have to figure out how to survive mentally and spiritually. So a bunch of carrots makes a lot sense.
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Labels: carrots, pastel, still life
Monday, November 21, 2016
Hakurei Turnips
Here are some Japanese turnips, called hakurei turnips, from the Farmer's market. I'm trying to do what's in the refrigerator before it gets cooked. Another 8x10 pastel.
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Labels: pastel, still life, turnips
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Two Onions
This morning I went to the Farmer's Market. The vegetables were beautiful. I felt like painting a couple of onions. Here they are: 8x10 pastel.
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Labels: onions, pastel, still life
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Mont Sainte-Victoire in Massachusetts
This afternoon, which might be the last nice day for a while (and I might not be talking just about the weather), I found myself at the top of Sheep Hill again. Why not do the mountain that is constantly staring me in the face? It'll require lots of work to capture the sense of distance and steepness. I've also noticed that this view changes frequently, in terms of sky, light, landscape. Many paintings are present here. Then I realized that I have my own Mont Sainte-Victoire. This painting is a 12x16 oil on panel. That's Mount Greylock and the Hopper in the distance.
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Friday, November 18, 2016
Sheep Hill and Bee Hill
Ever since I discovered this view, looking up and looking across almost simultaneously, I wanted to paint it. Left is Sheep Hill and right is Bee Hill road. A thin line of trees separates the road from the steep hill. The painting is a 12x24 oil on canvas.
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Labels: Bee Hill Road, berkshires, oil, Sheep Hill, williamstown
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Welcome to Meme's Devotions and Bible Study. I love this time of year.
I love to watch the trees turning green and the flowers as they blossom.
What is really amazing to me are the beautiful butterflies and what they started out as. When I think of how a caterpillar
becomes a butterfly I think God has taught us some valuable lessons in nature if we
will just look and listen. We are all beautiful in the eyes of our Maker and He is making us even
more of what we should be every day but sometimes we don't realize it. I have just recently discovered
this the hard way. The very things we sometimes complain about and daily struggles of life are the things we should be
rejoicing over. This is told in the story below:
Once upon a time in a land far away there was an old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects....
One day while walking through the woods he found a cocoon.
Feeling lonely he decided to take the cocoon home to watch its beautiful transformation from a funny little cocoon to a beautiful butterfly.
He gently placed the cocoon on his kitchen table, and watched over it for days. Suddenly on the seventh day the cocoon started
to move. It moved frantically! The old man felt sorry for the little butterfly inside the cocoon.
He watched it struggle and struggle! Finally the old man felt so sorry for
the cocooned butterfly he rushed to its aide with a surgical scalpel and gently slit the cocoon so the butterfly could emerge.
Just one slice was all it took, and the butterfly broke free from its cocoon only to wilt in a
completely motionless state. The old man did not know what to think.
Had he accidentally killed the little butterfly?
No, it was still moving a little. Maybe it was sick!
He was dumbfounded, and quite perplexed!
What should I do , he said to himself.
Well he felt so sorry for the little creature
that he decided the best thing he could do for it was to place it gently back into its cocoon. He did so, and placing a drop of honey on the cocoon to seal it,
he left the butterfly to nestle in its natural state.
The next day he noticed that the cocoon was once again moving.
This time the man did not interfere. It moved and moved as the butterfly inside
struggled and struggled.
Finally the butterfly broke free
from the cocoon and
stretched its wings out wide.
Its beautiful wings were filled with wonderful colors! It looked around and took off! It was flying! The old man was so joyful! The butterfly
flew and flew until it was out of the old mans sight. What a wonder , he exclaimed! But then he started to think.
What did I do wrong by trying to help that beautiful little butterfly at first?
The old man went into town,
found the library, and read every book he could find on butterflies and cocoons. Finally the answer appeared. The butterfly has to struggle and struggle
while inside the cocoon. That's how it gets its strength.
That's what they are designed to overcome in order to be strong and beautiful. Well needless to say the old man was shocked, saddened, and somewhat
Now he knew the reason why they do what they do. It was only his perception that made it appear that the butterfly was having a hard time.
Well from then on the old man knew that loving something sometimes means to pray for it and cheer it on! He realized that God was wonderful, and that sometimes
appearances aren't what they seem to be; that we all are beautiful butterflies and are made that way through our different struggles in life.
I have been struggling with illness a lot lately. If you frequent my pages, you have probably noticed I haven't added anything new in quite awhile. We all have struggles of some kind. They are part of life and make us stronger. I believe God knows exactly how much we need to make us strong enough to fly!
Romans 8:28 says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
I know that I love Him with all my heart, mind, soul and strength and I know
that He has called me out to serve Him according to His purpose, so I have no doubt that everything that happens to me He allows and will be for my good. I am looking forward to breaking free from this world of struggles someday and flying away to my heavenly home!
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2 Samuel 7:22
"Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God:
for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee,
according to all that we have heard with our ears."
How Great Thou Art
Words & Music By Carl G. Boberg & R.J. Hughes
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
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