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MARTIN M. WOOLLEY, Appellant." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "JUSTICE FITZGERALD\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nDefendant, Martin M. Woolley, was convicted in Henry County of six counts of murder (720 ILCS 5/9\u2014 1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) (West 1994)), one count of armed violence (720 ILCS 5/33A \u2014 2 (West 1994)), one count of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 \u2014 2(a) (West 1994)), one count of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 \u2014 1(a) (West 1994)), and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24 \u2014 1.1(a) (West 1994)). Defendant was sentenced to death. On his direct appeal, this court vacated defendant\u2019s conviction for armed violence and vacated defendant\u2019s death sentence. People v. Woolley, 178 Ill. 2d 175 (1997). The cause was remanded to the circuit court for a new capital sentencing hearing. Woolley, 178 Ill. 2d at 215. On remand, defendant was again sentenced to death and appealed directly to this court.\nDefendant raises 13 issues on appeal. Because we agree with defendant that the trial court erred in informing a panel of prospective jurors that defendant had previously been sentenced to death in this case and in denying defendant\u2019s motion for a mistrial, we need not address defendant\u2019s remaining issues. We vacate defendant\u2019s death sentence and remand this cause for a new sentencing hearing.\nBACKGROUND\nDefendant was charged with the shooting deaths of Rane Baldwin and Diana Turley. The evidence presented at defendant\u2019s trial is fully set forth in our first opinion in this case. See Woolley, 178 Ill. 2d 175. We will discuss only those facts necessary to the disposition of this appeal.\nOn direct appeal to this court, we affirmed defendant\u2019s convictions for murder, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, but vacated defendant\u2019s death sentence and remanded for a new capital sentencing hearing. On remand, the trial court conducted a second sentencing hearing. The first panel of jurors was brought into the courtroom to hear introductory remarks by the trial court. During introductory remarks, the trial court informed the prospective jurors that defendant previously had been convicted by a jury of the murder charges. The trial court further told the panel:\n\u201c[A]s the trial was pending, the State gave notice to the defense that they would be seeking the death penalty from the jury should the jury return any verdicts of guilty on one or more of these first-degree murder counts. The jury came back with a return of, of the death penalty on these counts.\u201d\nFurther, the trial court informed these jurors that the murder convictions were appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court and that the court affirmed the first degree murder convictions, but vacated the jury\u2019s imposition of death. The trial court stated:\n\u201cThey vacated the jury\u2019s imposition of the death penalty and gave reasons that they concluded as to why the death penalty should be vacated. They remanded the case back to Henry County for a new trial on the sentencing aspect of the case. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions of first degree murder, [and] reversed the death penalty with instructions for it to remand it back to this court for *** a new penalty phase. *** [T]he errors that the Supreme Court ascribed to [szc] reversal of the death penalty [sic] will not be repeated before this jury.\u201d\nThe trial court admonished the jurors not to consider the result from the first jury with the following statement:\n\u201cI admonish you at this time that you are to disregard the result that was rendered by the first jury. You may, after your consideration of this case, return the same verdict. You may return a different verdict. That is entirely up to you. All I\u2019m saying is do not be influenced by the mere conclusion of the first jury. You decide the case on the merits of the evidence that you hear in this court room. The result, of course, will be up to you as a group of twelve jurors. This jury was held in this county and I don\u2019t know to what extent some of you present have recollections of that trial here first hand or from reading newspapers or hearing media accounts.\u201d\nDefense counsel did not object during the trial court\u2019s introductory remarks. However, the next day, defense counsel moved for a mistrial and stated:\n\u201c[Y]esterday when the court spoke to the jury pool as a group, which I do not object to, and did not object to, I think there may have inadvertently been a statement made to the jury pool that may be in error. I think that the court in the explanation of what led us to this stage of the proceeding mentioned to the jury pool that the original jury had sentenced Mr. Woolley to death and the Illinois Supreme Court vacated the death.\u201d\nDefense counsel based his argument on two cases, People v. Hope, 116 Ill. 2d 265 (1986), and People v. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d 1 (1983), in which this court held that the jury should not have any knowledge of what a prior jury had done in a particular case because such knowledge could influence the jury. The trial court denied the motion for a mistrial, stating that a double homicide in such a small county, such as Henry County, would be remembered and that it would be more intellectually honest to tell the jurors the case history. The trial court concluded,\n\u201cI think the distinction between our case and Hope and Davis are obvious. I recognize the procedural safeguards in Hope and Davis, but they don\u2019t exist here. There is no way in our situation the juror is not going to figure this out, and I think the procedural high road here is disclose and admonish and follow up with a written instruction.\u201d\nThe trial court, pursuant to defense counsel\u2019s request, issued an additional cautionary instruction at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing.\nOn March 23, 1999, jury selection continued and a second panel of jurors was brought to the courtroom and issued introductory remarks by the trial judge. The trial court advised the second panel that defendant had been found guilty and eligible to receive the death penalty. However, the trial court changed its remarks concerning the prior sentencing history:\n\u201cYou are specifically admonished not to concern yourself with the prior activity of the jury that held the original sentencing hearing. We are not to speculate in our thought processes because that has been vacated. This is a brand new proceeding and the jurors who ultimately will be a part of this proceeding are required to listen to all of the evidence and make their own independent assessment and conclusion of this case as to whether or not the death penalty should be imposed without any speculation or referral at all to the earlier procedures of the jury of ninety five or ninety six.\u201d\nAt the conclusion of the jury selection, 10 jurors were selected from the first panel and 2 jurors and 6 alternates where selected from the second panel to participate in the case.\nThe trial court gave the following cautionary instruction at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing:\n\u201cYou may not consider for any reason the verdict of the jury at the Defendant\u2019s first sentencing hearing. The original jury sentence verdict is null and void and should not be considered by you for any reason during this sentencing hearing.\u201d\nFollowing deliberations, the jury returned a sentence of death and defendant directly appealed to this court.\nANALYSIS\nDefendant maintains that the trial court erred in informing the first panel of jurors that he had been sentenced to death at a previous sentencing hearing. The State counters that no error occurred because the court\u2019s remarks were merely a recitation of the history of the case. We disagree with the State.\nAt the outset, we address the State\u2019s argument that defendant has waived the issue by failing to contemporaneously object. Defendant argues that pursuant to People v. Sprinkle, 27 Ill. 2d 398 (1963), and People v. Sims, 192 Ill. 2d 592 (2000), he was not required to make a contemporaneous objection.\nIn Sprinkle, we noted that where the alleged error is an act of the trial judge, the making of a contemporaneous objection to questions or comments by the judge poses a practical problem for the trial lawyer. Sprinkle, 27 Ill. 2d at 400. In Sprinkle, the trial judge, during the trial, asked questions and made comments to the State\u2019s witness and to the defendant\u2019s father. Defense counsel did not object to the judge\u2019s comments during either the trial or in a post-trial motion. This court stated that \u201ca fair trial, in all its stages, is a fundamental requirement in a criminal prosecution and when such requirement is not met, it amounts to a denial of due process of law.\u201d Sprinkle, 27 Ill. 2d at 400. Therefore, we concluded \u201cless rigid application of the rule requiring timely and proper objection and preservation of rulings thereon should prevail where the basis for the objection is the conduct of the trial judge than is otherwise required.\u201d Sprinkle, 27 Ill. 2d at 401.\nLikewise, in Sims, during the aggravation-mitigation stage of the sentencing hearing, the trial judge made a comment to the grandmother of the victim that he was sorry for her loss. Defense counsel did not object. Citing to Spritz, we concluded that the waiver rule is not rigidly applied where the basis for the objection is the conduct of the trial judge. Sims, 192 Ill. 2d at 636, citing People v. Nevitt, 135 Ill. 2d 423, 455 (1990), citing Sprinkle, 27 Ill. 2d at 400-01; People v. Smith, 176 Ill. 2d 217 (1997); People v. Davis, 185 Ill. 2d 317, 343 (1998); People v. Dameron, 196 Ill. 2d 156 (2001). Based upon Spritz and its progeny, we will not rigidly apply the waiver rule.\nWe now turn to defendant\u2019s claim that the trial court erred in refusing to proceed with a venire that was untainted by actual and specific knowledge of defendant\u2019s prior death penalty sentence and that the trial court should have granted defendant\u2019s mistrial motion. We review these claims under an abuse of discretion standard. People v. Seuffer, 144 Ill. 2d 482, 500 (1991); People v. Hryciuk, 5 Ill. 2d 176, 182 (1954).\nThe day after the trial court informed the jury of defendant\u2019s previous death sentence, defense counsel moved for a mistrial. The trial court denied the motion, maintaining that, unlike a large metropolitan area, a double homicide in Henry County would be remembered and that probably every panel member was aware of the prior death sentence. The trial court concluded that the precedent set out in People v. Hope, 116 Ill. 2d 265 (1986), and People v. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d 1 (1983), addressed a factually different scenario from the one in this case. The trial judge stated,\n\u201cThey didn\u2019t intellectually address what I have addressed. [H]ow do you remand a double murder to the local area of the state and expect under any circumstances to get a complete jury where nobody has ever heard of this at all? What are we supposed to do? *** It\u2019s an impossibility to expect that somebody on that jury isn\u2019t going to ultimately know there was a prior death sentence. I believe that it\u2019s the procedurally intellectual high road to disclose and admonish rather than naively expect that nobody on this Henry County jury has ever heard of this. *** [T]he extension from Hope and Davis to the facts of our case, I believe is a disservice to the juris prudence [sz'c] of Illinois.\u201d\nAfter extensively discussing possible options with both defense counsel and with the State, the trial court denied the motion for a mistrial and gave a cautionary instruction to the jury.\nIn resolving the issue before us, we turn first to this court\u2019s holding in People v. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d 1 (1983). In Davis, during the eligibility phase of the sentencing hearing, the jury was informed that the defendant had previously received the death penalty for the unrelated murder of another person. In determining whether such information was in error, we noted that at the first stage of the sentencing hearing, a jury determines whether a defendant is eligible to receive the death sentence; not whether he should receive this penalty. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 26. We concluded that defendant\u2019s death sentence for a prior murder had \u201cabsolutely no relevance\u201d at the defendant\u2019s eligibility phase of the sentencing hearing. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 26. We noted that the introduction of such evidence may improperly influence a jury\u2019s decision. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 26. In addition, we found that the jury\u2019s sense of responsibility would diminish with its awareness that another panel of jurors already sentenced defendant to death. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 26. We concluded:\n\u201cThe possibility that the jury may have found defendant eligible for [the death penalty] on the basis of an irrelevant and prejudicial nonstatutory aggravating factor should not be tolerated.\u201d Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 27.\nSubsequently, in People v. Hope, 116 Ill. 2d 265 (1986), we stated that although the Davis court was specifically concerned about the impact of the defendant\u2019s previous death sentence on the first stage of the sentencing hearing, a complete reading of Davis indicates that such evidence is never admissible. Hope, 116 Ill. 2d at 274. In Hope, the defendant argued that he was denied a fair sentencing hearing because two or three jurors had either seen or heard television news reports regarding his conviction and death sentence in a different case. The State argued that evidence of defendant\u2019s prior conviction and death sentence was admissible in the second stage of the sentencing hearing where the focus is on the defendant\u2019s character and prior record. We stated:\n\u201cThe possibility that the jury, even one member, may have sentenced the defendant to death on the basis of an irrelevant, highly prejudicial and nonstatutory aggravating factor constitutes reversible error.\u201d Hope, 116 Ill. 2d at 274.\nWith these principles in mind, we look at the specific facts in this case. Here, there is no dispute that 10 of the jurors were advised that defendant was previously sentenced to death in the original sentencing hearing. This admonishment was improper under both Davis and Hope and. was not relevant to the jury\u2019s deliberations at the second stage of the sentencing hearing. Although a brief history of the case was necessary to explain to the jurors their role at the sentencing hearing, it was not necessary to inform the jurors of defendant\u2019s previous death sentence.\nContrary to the State\u2019s argument, common sense does not dictate that the jurors would have known that defendant had been sentenced to death at a previous sentencing hearing without the trial judge\u2019s comments. The murders occurred nearly five years earlier, and the trial and first sentencing hearing occurred nearly four years earlier. Even though some jurors may have heard or remembered the double homicide, it is not a forgone conclusion that the jurors would have been aware of the sentence imposed. Further, even if the jurors remembered the case and the previous sentence, their decision at the resentencing hearing would not have been aided by additional reference to the fact that a prior jury had sentenced defendant to death. Such information was not necessary in presenting the case history. We find that informing the panel of jurors of defendant\u2019s original sentence was both prejudicial and inflammatory.\nFurthermore, as we previously noted in Davis, information regarding a previous death sentence may diminish a jury\u2019s sense of responsibility. Davis, 97 Ill. 2d at 26. The fact that the jurors heard that another jury sentenced defendant to death could have mitigated the serious consequences of their decision. The State, following the reasoning of the trial court, maintains that this was not the case because defendant was not under sentence of death at the time of the resentencing hearing. This reason, however, is unpersuasive. Despite the fact that defendant was not under sentence of death, merely hearing that another jury not only found him eligible for death but also imposed the death penalty may have diminished the jury\u2019s sense of responsibility in determining whether defendant should be sentenced to death.\nIn denying defendant\u2019s motion for a mistrial, the trial court distinguished Davis and Hope on the basis that both cases involved a second, unrelated offense for which the previous death penalty had been imposed. This case was different, according to the trial court, because the previous death sentence was imposed in the same case and had been reversed on appeal. Thus, reasoned the trial court, because the jurors would have likely known about the previous death sentence, disclosure, coupled with a cautionary instruction, was the most intellectually honest approach.\nAlthough we recognize the difficult task that faced the trial court in conducting a second stage resentencing hearing and determining which information to impart to the jury panel, we decline to depart from the principles set out in Hope and Davis. With regards to this case, information regarding defendant\u2019s previous death sentence was unwarranted. While it may have appeared reasonable at the time to inform the jury of the entire case history, including the previous death sentence, a cautionary instruction could have been given to the jury without explicitly mentioning the fact that defendant had been sentenced to death by a prior jury. This option was clearly illustrated by the trial court\u2019s actions in making introductory remarks to the second panel of jurors. In admonishing the second panel, the trial court told the jurors \u201cnot to concern [themselves] with the prior activity of the jury that held the original sentencing hearing.\u201d The trial court did not, however, inform the jury that defendant had previously been sentenced to death. This option sufficiently informed the jurors of the case\u2019s prior history without causing prejudice to defendant.\nWe conclude, therefore, that defendant has demonstrated circumstances reasonably justifying a conclusion that a juror was improperly prejudiced against him. See People v. Bean, 137 Ill. 2d 65 (1990). We find that the trial court\u2019s comments to the first panel of jurors was an abuse of discretion and constitutes reversible error.\nOur disposition of this appeal obviates the need to address other issues raised by the parties. We do, however, caution the State with reference to its comments during closing arguments. Specifically, we find troubling the State\u2019s comment: \u201cWhen Christ was on the cross there were two thieves with him, and he forgave the good thief and he promised him salvation in the next life, but he did not stay the execution.\u201d Although the character and scope of argument is left largely to the trial court (People v. Tenner, 157 Ill. 2d 341 (1993)), argument designed solely to inflame the passions of the jury is prohibited (People v. Johnson, 119 Ill. 2d 119 (1987)). On resentencing, the State should refrain from making any such emotional religious appeal for the death penalty.\nFor the forgoing reasons, we reverse defendant\u2019s death sentence and remand for resentencing consistent with this opinion.\nReversed and remanded.", "type": "majority", "author": "JUSTICE FITZGERALD" }, { "text": "CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON,\nconcurring in part and dissenting in part:\nI agree that this matter should be remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings. In my view, however, the remand should not be limited to a new sentencing hearing. Woolley should be granted a new trial on the underlying offenses. He is entitled to that retrial because the original proceedings in this case did not comport with the requirements promulgated by our court for the conduct of cases in which the State is seeking the death penalty. Those requirements are indispensable for achieving an accurate determination of innocence or guilt and are applicable to all capital cases now coming before us on review, including cases commenced before the rules were enacted. People v. Hickey, 204 Ill. 2d 585, 631-36 (2001) (Harrison, C.J., dissenting); see also People ex rel. Birkett v. Bakalis, 196 Ill. 2d 510, 513 (2001).\nEven if Woolley were not entitled to a new trial, I would regard the majority\u2019s disposition as inadequate. In remanding for resentencing, this court should impose a restriction its present opinion lacks. It should bar the State from seeking the death penalty. As set forth in my partial concurrence and partial dissent in People v. Bull, 185 Ill. 2d 179 (1998), the Illinois death penalty law is void and unenforceable because it violates the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amends. VIII, XIV) and article I, section 2, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, \u00a7 2). Absent a new trial conducted in accordance with the new rules, there is no basis for altering that conclusion.\nJUSTICE KILBRIDE,\nalso concurring in part and dissenting in part:\nI agree in part with the majority that this cause must at a minimum be remanded for a new sentencing hearing, and I concur in that narrow portion of the majority\u2019s judgment. Nonetheless, I also dissent in part and I urge that defendant should receive a new trial. For the reasons set forth in my dissents in People v. Hickey, 204 Ill. 2d 585, 636-40 (2001) (Kilbride, J., dissenting), and People v. Simpson, 204 Ill. 2d 536, 581-85 (2001) (Kilbride, J., dissenting), I believe defendant\u2019s convictions and sentence should also be set aside because the trial proceedings were conducted without the minimum constitutional assurances established by the new supreme court rules governing capital cases. As I stated in my dissents in Hickey and Simpson, I believe that the new rules should be applied retroactively. See People v. Caballero, 179 Ill. 2d 205, 220-21 (1997). Thus, this cause should be remanded for a new trial conducted in compliance with the new rules.", "type": "concurring-in-part-and-dissenting-in-part", "author": "CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON, JUSTICE KILBRIDE," } ], "attorneys": [ "Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.", "James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Ted R. Hamer, State\u2019s Attorney, of Cambridge (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Margaret M. O\u2019Connell, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "(No. 88210.\nTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MARTIN M. WOOLLEY, Appellant.\nOpinion filed February 22, 2002.\nHARRISON, C.J., and KILBRIDE, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.\nCharles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.\nJames E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Ted R. Hamer, State\u2019s Attorney, of Cambridge (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Margaret M. O\u2019Connell, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People." }, "file_name": "0296-01", "first_page_order": 308, "last_page_order": 320 }