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CHRISTOPHER TISLEY, Defendant-Appellant." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "JUSTICE QUINN\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nFollowing a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 15 and 3 years, respectively. Defendant appeals his armed robbery conviction, arguing that he was denied a fair trial when the trial court improperly instructed the jury as to the law regarding identification testimony. The defendant also contends that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing the defendant to 15 years for armed robbery. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the defendant\u2019s convictions and sentence.\nBACKGROUND\nThe victim, Jin Rong Mei, testified that on the evening of December 24, 1998, he was working as a delivery person for a restaurant named Jung Ho Cho. At approximately 9:20 p.m., he made a delivery to a house at 6824 South Throop Street. After making his delivery, he walked down the front steps to return to his vehicle. As he walked down the steps, he observed two black males begin to approach him. He continued to walk to his vehicle, but the two stopped him before he could enter his vehicle. The defendant stood facing the victim while the other offender stood behind the victim. The defendant then stated to the victim, \u201cyou know what I want,\u201d and when the victim ignored him, defendant pulled out a handgun and struck the victim in the forehead. After being struck, the victim handed the defendant the money he had from his previous deliveries. Defendant then said that he should have more and struck him on the left side of the face with the gun. The victim then handed him all the change he had in his pocket, and defendant told him to drive away. The victim immediately radioed the restaurant, where an employee called the police. The police arrived within two minutes to the location of the robbery, and the victim met them there. The victim described the offender as being about 20 years old, black, male, around 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 170 to 200 pounds, and wearing a brown jacket with fur trim.\nAmong the police that responded to the call was Officer Andeverde, who arrived on the scene and began walking toward the victim, who was already with other officers. As he approached, he noticed a parked car that had foggy windows. Officer Andeverde approached the car and spoke with the defendant, who was seated in the car. The defendant was wearing a brown leather coat with fur trim. Officer Andeverde was proceeding toward the group of officers when he heard the description of the offender. After hearing the description, he turned around and saw defendant exit the car, place the jacket inside, and run to 6813 South Throop Street. Officer Andeverde, along with other officers, pursued defendant into the house where they apprehended him. The police took the defendant and four other black males from inside the house and brought them outside and lined them up. The victim viewed the five men and identified defendant as the one who robbed him. The defendant was 21 years old, was 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds. Both men were then placed under arrest. The officers then returned to the car defendant had exited and looked inside. They found the brown leather jacket worn by defendant and lifted it up. They found two handguns underneath the jacket. At trial, the victim identified one of these guns as looking like the gun used in the armed robbery. Defendant had $100 in cash in his pants pocket. The police also recovered from the jacket a $20 bill along with about $5 in loose change, and, hidden in the cuff, they recovered 35 individual plastic bags of cocaine.\nAt trial, a jury instructions conference was held. Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, No. 3.15 (3d ed. 1992) (hereinafter IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15), regarding witness identification testimony, was accepted without objection. IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 in the form it was presented to the jury as People\u2019s instruction number 9 is as follows:\n\u201cWhen you weigh the identification testimony of a witness, you should consider all the facts and circumstances in evidence, including but not limited to, the following:\nThe opportunity the witness had to view the Offender at the time of the offense.\nOr\nThe witness\u2019s degree of attention at the time of the offense.\nOr\nThe witness\u2019s earlier description of the offender\nOr\nThe level of certainty shown by the witness when confronting defendant\nOr\nThe length of time between the offense and the identification confrontation.\u201d\nOn appeal, defendant contends that this jury instruction misstated the law and confused the jury, thereby preventing defendant from receiving a fair trial. Defendant also contends that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to 15 years.\nANALYSIS\nIPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15\nDefendant first contends the trial court misstated the law by leaving the connector \u201cor\u201d in between the five factors listed in IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15. Defendant\u2019s trial counsel did not object to the instruction as given: (1) during the instructions conference; (2) when it was read to the jury; (3) when it was sent to the jury room; or (4) in defendant\u2019s motion for new trial. On appeal, defendant admits that under these circumstances, the alleged error was not properly preserved for review, but he asks this court to review it under plain error.\nSupreme Court Rule 451 (134 Ill. 2d R. 451) addresses jury instructions in criminal cases. Rule 451(a) requires trial courts to use the applicable pattern criminal instruction unless the court determines that the instruction does not accurately state the law. 134 Ill. 2d R. 451(a).\nRule 451(c) provides, in pertinent part, \u201csubstantial defects are not waived by failure to make timely objections thereto if the interests of justice require.\u201d 134 Ill. 2d R. 451(c).\nSimilarly, Supreme Court Rule 615 (a) provides:\n\u201cAny error, defect, irregularity or variance which does not affect substantial rights shall be disregarded. Plain errors or defects affecting substantial rights may be noticed although they were not brought to the attention of the trial court.\u201d 134 Ill. 2d R. 615(a).\nOur supreme court has held that Rule 451(c) offers a remedy for \u201cgrave errors,\u201d which parallels Rule 615(a)\u2019s remedy for plain errors, and they are construed \u201cidentically.\u201d People v. Keene, 169 Ill. 2d 1, 31-32 (1995).\nWhile conceding that this issue may only be reviewed under a plain-error analysis, defendant relies on People v. Dennis, 181 Ill. 2d 87 (1998), which directs that, in determining whether a defendant is entitled to a new trial due to a defective jury instruction, a court of review is to engage in a two-part analysis. First, the court is to determine \u201cwhether any error occurred \u2014 in other words, whether the instruction was correct.\u201d People v. Dennis, 181 Ill. 2d at 95-96. If the court finds error, the court must then determine \u201cwhether, in spite of that error, evidence of defendant\u2019s guilt was so clear and convincing as to render the error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.\u201d People v. Dennis, 181 Ill. 2d at 96. In Dennis, the defendant raised the issue of the erroneous jury instruction at trial. Consequently, the supreme court properly considered the issue utilizing a harmless error analysis. In the instant case, the defendant did not raise the issue of whether the jury instruction was erroneous at trial. Consequently, the proper inquiry in this case is whether giving the instruction constituted plain error.\nIn People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d 335 (2001), our supreme court recently illuminated the significant differences between these two analyses: \u201cin harmless-error analysis, the State must prove that the jury verdict would have been the same absent the error to avoid reversal, whereas under plain-error analysis, a defendant\u2019s convictions and sentence will stand unless the defendant shows the error was prejudicial.\u201d People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 347-48, citing United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 734, 123 L. Ed. 508, 520, 113 S. Ct. 1770, 1778 (1993), and People v. Thurow, 203 Ill. 2d 352, 363 (2003).\nThe court also considered the United States Supreme Court\u2019s decision in United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625, 152 L. Ed. 2d 860, 122 S. Ct. 1781 (2002), which addressed how to apply a plain-error test. In Crespo, our supreme court adopted the reasoning of the Supreme Court in Cotton, holding that an appellate court may correct an error not raised at trial only if there was (1) an \u201cerror,\u201d (2) that is \u201cplain,\u201d and (3) the error affects \u201csubstantial rights.\u201d Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 348. We find that the facts of the present case meet all three of these elements. However, we may exercise our discretion to notice the forfeited error \u201c \u2018 \u201conly if (4) the error seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.\u201d \u2019 Cotton, 535 U.S. at 631-32, 152 L. Ed. 2d at 868, 122 S. Ct. at 1785 [Citation.]\u201d Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 348.\nWe will first address whether the instruction given in this case was erroneous.\nThe defendant relies upon People v. Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d 629 (2001), which held that leaving the word \u201cor\u201d between the five factors listed in IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 \u201cmisstated the law, was confusing and denied defendant the right to a fair trial.\u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 635. In reaching this conclusion, the Gonzalez court relied upon the \u201cUser\u2019s Guide\u201d to the fourth edition of the pattern instructions:\n\u201c \u2018IPI Fourth employs two conjunctive forms. The word \u201cand\u201d is used to indicate additional required language. The word \u201cor\u201d is used to separate possible alternatives. A bracketed \u201cor\u201d (\u201c[or]\u201d) is used when the user must choose between alternative paragraphs or propositions that may be given as part of the instruction when more than one alternative is applicable.\u2019 (Emphasis added.) Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, User\u2019s Guide (4th ed. 2000).\u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 639.\nContrary to the Gonzalez court\u2019s characterization of this comment, this comment does not instruct the trial courts to strike the word \u201cor\u201d from IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15. (While Gonzalez cited IPI Criminal 4th, the third edition of the IPI was at issue in that case and here. The pertinent language is identical.) Further, in People v. Mercado, 333 Ill. App. 3d 994, 999 (2002), a division of this court pointed out: \u201cThe Committee Note attached to IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 instructs the user to only \u2018[g]ive numbered paragraphs that are supported by the evidence,\u2019 and \u2018[t]he bracketed numbers are present solely for the guidance of court and counsel and should not be included in the instruction submitted to the jury.\u2019 IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15, Committee Note.\u201d If the IPI Committee wanted trial courts to leave out the word \u201cor\u201d in the instruction given to the jury, they could have said so, as they did with the bracketed numbers.\nThe instruction given in the instant case mirrored exactly IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15. The instruction also complied with the comments to IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15, which required the court to leave out the bracketed number of the factors listed. Indeed, the only section of the IPI that supports defendant\u2019s theory that it is error to leave in the bracketed \u201c[or]\u201d between the factors in IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 is sample set 27.02 (IPI Criminal 3d Sample Set 27.02, No. 3.15). Supreme Court Rule 451(a) requires trial courts to use the applicable pattern criminal instruction unless the court determines that the instruction does not accurately state the law. As the trial court gave the instruction as it was written in IPI Criminal 3d, this did not constitute error.\nEven if we agreed that giving the instruction was plain error that affected substantial rights, we could only exercise our discretion to notice this forfeited error if \u201c \u201cthe error seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.\u201d \u2019 \u201d People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 348, quoting Cotton, 535 U.S. at 631-32, 152 L. Ed. 2d at 868, 122 S. Ct. at 1785, quoting Johnson, 520 U.S. at 467, 137 L. Ed. 2d at 727, 117 S. Ct. at 1549. In Crespo, our supreme court considered whether the failure to have a jury decide whether a defendant\u2019s actions were brutal or heinous, as required by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000), \u201cseriously affected the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.\u201d The supreme court held that the defendant failed to show that the error was prejudicial. People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 348-49.\nIn the instant case, the defendant has utterly failed to show that he was prejudiced by the jury being given IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15. The first sentence of the instruction clearly states that all five factors listed are to be considered. See People v. Mercado, 333 Ill. App. 3d 994, 999 (2002). Defendant correctly points out that the State at one point in its closing argument did say that any one of the factors in IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 would be sufficient and the trial court immediately sustained defense counsel\u2019s objection to this remark. The prosecutor then explained how all five factors had been met in this case. The identification evidence in the instant case provided factual support for all five factors of IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15. In addition, the defendant was apprehended at the scene of the armed robbery within minutes of its occurrence. He was wearing clothing as described by the victim, he fit the physical description, he possessed two guns, one of which the victim identified, he had proceeds of the armed robbery on his person and he fled when the police arrived. In light of this evidence, it cannot seriously be argued that leaving the word \u201cor\u201d in the instruction in this case seriously affected the \u201c \u2018fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.\u2019 \u201d People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 348, quoting Cotton, 535 U.S. at 631-32, 152 L. Ed. 2d at 868, 122 S. Ct. at 1786.\nThe appellate court has considered the holding in People v. Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d 629 (2001), in four reported cases. All four of these cases held that giving IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 in the form used here was not reversible error. In People v. Furdge, 332 Ill. App. 3d 1019, 1031-32 (2002), the court held that the issue of using disjunctive language in IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 had been waived and that the case did not merit review under a plain-error analysis. The court further opined that even if the issue had not been waived, any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. In People v. Mercado, 333 Ill. App. 3d 994, 1000 (2002), the court held that the issue was waived, and irrespective of waiver, any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. In People v. Brookins, 333 Ill. App. 3d 1076 (2002), the court held that giving IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15, using disjunctive language, was harmless error. In People v. Smith, 341 Ill. App. 3d 530 (2003), the court held that this issue could not be raised in a successive postconviction petition because the petitioner could not satisfy the prejudice prong of the cause and prejudice test. The court also held that the petitioner could not satisfy the cause requirement of the fundamental fairness test, citing People v. Davis, 156 Ill. 2d 149, 158-59 (1993) (a claim of the denial of a constitutional right may not be raised for the first time on appeal).\nFor all of the foregoing reasons, we hold that giving IPI Criminal 3d No. 3.15 with disjunctive language was not error, and we also hold that when the issue is waived, as here, it is only reviewable under a plain-error analysis, as explained in People v. Crespo, 203 Ill. 2d at 347.\nSENTENCING\nDefendant next argues that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to 15 years for armed robbery, his first violent felony. Defendant filed a motion to reduce sentence, which was denied. Armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 \u2014 2 (West 1998)) is a Class X offense, for which a defendant may be sentenced from 6 to 30 years in prison (730 ILCS 5/5 \u2014 8\u20141(a)(3) (West 1998)). Defendant\u2019s sentence was within the statutory guidelines. A sentence within the statutory guidelines will not be deemed excessive unless it is greatly at variance with the spirit and purpose of the law or is manifestly disproportionate to the nature of the offense. People v. Fern, 189 Ill. 2d 48, 54 (1999).\nIn the present case, the trial judge recited for the record all of the mitigating factors enumerated in section 5 \u2014 5\u20143.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5 \u2014 5\u20143.1 (West 1998)) and how they applied to the defendant. The court also noted defendant\u2019s prior felony conviction, the fact that the defendant caused serious harm when he pistol-whipped the victim, and the defendant\u2019s sentence was necessary to deter others from committing the same crime (in this case, robbing delivery people).\nThe trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing the defendant to 15 years in prison for armed robbery.\nAffirmed.\nCAMPBELL, PJ., concurs.", "type": "majority", "author": "JUSTICE QUINN" }, { "text": "JUSTICE REID,\ndissenting:\nI dissent. I believe this matter should be remanded for a new trial in order to protect the process, even though this defendant would very likely be found guilty when the case is retried. While I understand that remanding the matter may seem to be a futile act, one that may only serve as instructive in terms of future cases with other defendants, I believe it is necessary because of the fundamental nature of the rights at stake when a body politic takes steps to deprive a citizen of his liberty.\nGenerally, a defendant waives any error contained in the jury instructions if he does not object or proffer alternative instructions at trial and fails to raise the issue in a posttrial motion. People v. Red-dick, 123 Ill. 2d 184, 198 (1988), citing People v. Thurman, 104 Ill. 2d 326 (1984). However, \u201c \u2018[t]he plain error doctrine (134 Ill. 2d R 615(a)) may be applied where the evidence is closely balanced or where the error is of such magnitude that it denied the accused a fair trial.\u2019 \u201d People v. Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d 629, 635 (2001), quoting People v. Tisdel, 316 Ill. App. 3d 1143, 1153 (2000). \u201c \u2018Plain error marked by \u201cfundamental [un]fairness\u201d occurs only in situations which \u201creveal breakdowns in the adversary system,\u201d as distinguished from \u201ctypical trial mistakes.\u201d [Citation.]\u2019 \u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 635, quoting People v. Keene, 169 Ill. 2d 1, 17 (1995). In other words, even in a case where the relative closeness of the evidence is not necessarily an issue, plain-error review can still be proper where the asserted error is fundamental to the integrity to the judicial process. See Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 635, quoting Keene, 169 Ill. 2d at 17.\nHere no objection was made to the written form of the jury instruction, merely how it was used by the State during closing arguments. When the error was made, Tisley raised an objection that was sustained with comment from the trial court that the evaluation of an identification is for the jury to make. There is no question that there was error in the form of the jury instruction presented. The error was compounded when the State improperly commented during closing. argument, incorrectly informing the jury that it needed to only find one of the identification factors. Case law clearly states that all five factors are to be considered and weighed in determining whether an identification is reliable. People v. Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d 629, 639 (2001), citing Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98, 114, 53 L. Ed. 2d 140, 154, 97 S. Ct. 2243, 2253 (1977). The committee has chosen to include the word \u201cor\u201d between the factors to indicate to trial courts that \u201c \u2018only the particular *** factors that are supported by the evidence should be given.\u2019 \u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 639, quoting People v. Lewis, 165 Ill. 2d 305, 354 (1995). \u201cThe trial court\u2019s incorporation of the term \u2018or\u2019 between each factor implies, as a matter of law, that the identification testimony of an eyewitness may be deemed reliable if just one of the five factors listed weighs in favor of reliability.\u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 640. \u201cThe phrase preceding the five factors, stating that \u2018all the facts and circumstances in evidence\u2019 are to be considered, does not obviate the erroneous wording of the jury instruction.\u201d Gonzalez, 326 Ill. App. 3d at 639, quoting Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, No. 3.15 (3d ed. 1992).\nI believe this defendant must be given a new trial because the jury went into the jury room with an instruction containing a latent ambiguity that was incorrectly emphasized by the State in closing arguments. Regardless of the fact that there is significant evidence stacked against him, Tisley did not receive a fair trial as a result of this error.", "type": "dissent", "author": "JUSTICE REID," } ], "attorneys": [ "Edwin Burnett, Public Defender, of Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.", "Richard A. Devine, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, John E. Nowak, and Jin Bang Kim, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER TISLEY, Defendant-Appellant.\nFirst District (5th Division)\nNo. 1 \u2014 01\u20142202\nOpinion filed June 27, 2003.\nREID, J., dissenting.\nEdwin Burnett, Public Defender, of Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.\nRichard A. Devine, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, John E. Nowak, and Jin Bang Kim, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People." }, "file_name": "0741-01", "first_page_order": 759, "last_page_order": 769 }