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Ed. 2d", "case_ids": [ 6175104 ], "weight": 2, "pin_cites": [ { "page": "321" }, { "page": "326" } ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/us/423/0096-01" ] }, { "cite": "423 U.S. 98", "category": "reporters:federal", "reporter": "U.S.", "pin_cites": [ { "page": "104" } ], "opinion_index": 0 } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 964, "char_count": 22286, "ocr_confidence": 0.92, "pagerank": { "raw": 1.588122021153947e-07, "percentile": 0.681574485616729 }, "sha256": "a57ae466b9e0c3cb9cdbbcb44710bf0db84b167c63144bec2fda93905eeeacf8", "simhash": "1:ad02a04d1dbe97df", "word_count": 3601 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T21:35:06.826169+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES N. PLEASANT, Defendant-Appellant." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Mr. JUSTICE BARRY\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nOn May 15, 1979, the defendant, James N. Pleasant, was charged by indictment with one count of rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 11\u20141(a)), and two counts of deviate sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 11\u20143(a)). Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, he was convicted on all counts and sentenced to the Department of Corrections to serve concurrent terms of 25 years for each offense. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his confession, and that prosecutorial misconduct, particularly alleged misstatements of an expert witness\u2019 testimony during closing argument, constituted reversible error. However, we do not consider the denial of defendant\u2019s motion to suppress to be error, nor do we hold the prosecutorial misconduct to be so prejudicial to the defendant that a reversal and a remandment for a new trial is necessitated. Accordingly, we affirm.\nAt approximately 8 p.m. on May 8,1979, the victim, Terri Ernst, was washing the outside windows of a Hardee\u2019s Restaurant located on McClure Street in Peoria when a small brown car drove up and parked nearby. A man having curly brown hair and wearing a light shirt and dark pants got out of the car and walked across the street toward some houses. As Ms. Ernst finished washing the windows, someone came from behind her, grabbed her while holding a knife to her neck and told her to be quiet. Her assailant then proceeded to take Ms. Ernst behind the Hardee\u2019s, where he raped her and forced her to engage in deviate sexual conduct. During the assault Ms. Ernst recognized her assailant as the man she had earlier seen get out of the car, and at the trial identified the defendant, James N. Pleasant, as her attacker. Ms. Ernst testified that during the attack Pleasant told her that he was \u201ca queer\u201d and \u201casked me if I was a virgin and he told me that I wasn\u2019t, I was a whore.\u201d\nAfter the attack, Ms. Ernst returned, partially clothed, to the Hardee\u2019s. At this time it was approximately 10:30. When she returned, Peoria police officer Gerald Ulrich was at the restaurant. After being informed that a brown car parked nearby could have been involved in the incident, he ran a check on the license number of the vehicle. He also observed a checkbook on the dashboard with Pleasant\u2019s name on it. Subsequently, Ulrich was joined by Officers Ron Theobald and Mike Bornsheuer. Ulrich instructed Theobald and Bornsheuer to stake out the vehicle.\nApproximately 20 minutes after midnight Theobald observed the defendant enter the car and drive away. Theobald and Bornsheuer followed the defendant in a squad car, and stopped him in the vicinity of Loucks and McClure Streets. Theobald approached defendant\u2019s car, and asked the defendant for identification. At this time Theobald smelled the odor of alcohol on defendant\u2019s breath. Theobald then requested that Pleasant get out of his car, which the defendant did. Pleasant was then informed he was under arrest for rape, frisked, and handcuffed by Officer Theobald.\nPolice Officer Larry Layman arrived at the scene as Pleasant was getting out of his car pursuant to Theobald\u2019s request. After Pleasant was handcuffed, Layman read him his Miranda rights off of a card issued by the Peoria Police Department. Pleasant indicated to Layman that he understood his rights, and responded affirmatively to Layman\u2019s request to talk. At this time Layman asked the defendant his name, age, and address. Layman testified that he, too, smelled alcohol on defendant\u2019s breath. Afterwards he was placed in a paddy wagon and taken to the station!\nUpon arrival at the station, the defendant was told to remove all of his clothing, which he did. Hair samples and combings were then taken. The defendant was subsequently taken to an interview room upstairs, where he again was read his Miranda rights by Officer Layman. At this time the defendant stated that he did not wish to speak. He did, however, agree to sign a consent for a blood sample. After signing the consent form, defendant was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where three blood samples were taken. The time was approximately 1:40 a.m. After the blood samples were taken the defendant returned to the police station with Officers Layman and Charles Cannon and placed in a holding cell.\nLess than half an hour later Pleasant was taken from the holding cell to the interview room by Officer Cannon. The time was approximately 3 a.m. Cannon asked Pleasant \u201cif he recalled the Miranda Warnings that Officer Layman had previously read to him.\u201d Pleasant stated that he did. Cannon then asked the defendant if he wanted to talk about the charges against him, and the defendant agreed to do so. Shortly thereafter the defendant made an oral confession followed by a written confession in which he admitted the rape and anal sexual contact with the victim. The written confession was taken at approximately 4:30 a.m., and was preceded by a recitation of Pleasant\u2019s Miranda rights. The defendant\u2019s motion to suppress his confession was denied, and our first concern on appeal will be the propriety of this ruling by the trial court.\nThe defendant contends that his confession should have been suppressed because his right to remain silent was not \u201cscrupulously honored\u201d pursuant to the dictates of Michigan v. Mosley (1975), 423 U.S. 98, 104, 46 L. Ed. 2d 313, 321, 96 S. Ct. 321, 326. Mosley, of course, stands for the proposition that a defendant\u2019s exercise of his right to remain silent does not permanently preclude subsequent interrogation by the authorities. Reinterrogation is permissible, and statements obtained thereby not rendered inadmissible by the operation of the exclusionary rule, if the interrogating officers scrupulously honor the exercise of the defendant\u2019s constitutional right not to speak.\nIn determining whether a defendant\u2019s right to remain silent was scrupulously honored, a number of factors must be examined. Two of the most crucial are whether there was a significant period of time, during which there was a complete cessation of questioning, between the defendant\u2019s exercise of his right to remain silent and the reinterrogation, and whether the reinterrogation was preceeded by a fresh set of Miranda warnings (People v. Faison (1979), 78 Ill. App. 3d 911, 397 N.E.2d 1233). \u201cAdditional circumstances which tend to demonstrate that the defendant\u2019s right to remain silent was scrupulously honored are that a different officer conducted the second questioning and that a completely different subject matter was involved in the second questioning\u201d (Faison, 78 Ill. App. 3d 911, 913, 397 N.E.2d 1233, 1235). Most recently, in People v. Savory (1980), 82 Ill. App. 3d 767, 403 N.E.2d 118, this court found an additional factor tending to show the defendant\u2019s right to remain silent was not violated by the resumption of interrogation to be the presence of something in the record which would justify or explain the defendant\u2019s reconsideration of his decision to remain silent (but see Savory, Barry, J., dissenting).\nUtilizing these factors, it is readily apparent that the defendant\u2019s right to remain silent was scrupulously honored, and that as a consequence his confession was not subject to suppression. After the defendant first asserted his right to remain silent, there was a complete cessation of questioning for approximately 1M hours. Although the reinterrogation was not preceded by the recitation of a complete set of Miranda warnings, \u201cit is not necessary to repeat the warnings at the beginning of each successive interview to avoid a Miranda violation.\u201d (People v. Bundy (1979), 79 Ill. App. 3d 127, 133, 398 N.E.2d 345, 350.) The constitution merely requires that prior to reinterrogation the defendant is given an opportunity to effectively exercise his rights. Here, the defendant was given such an opportunity when Officer Cannon asked him if he recalled the Miranda warnings previously given to him by Officer Layman. Certainly, the repetition of a complete set of Miranda warnings by the officer resuming the interrogation would be the preferable procedure. However, to find that anything other than the giving of a full set of Miranda warnings prior to reinterrogation is per se insufficient under Mosley is to incorrectly emphasize form over substance. Where, as here, a person in custody is asked prior to the initiation of reinterrogation if he recalls the Miranda rights that were given to him previously, and he expresses an understanding of those constitutional rights, he has been given an opportunity to \u201ceffectively exercise his rights at the outset of the second period of questioning\u201d (Faison, 78 Ill. App. 3d 911, 913, 397 N.E.2d 1233, 1235) that is constitutionally satisfactory. Additionally, the reinterrogation was not performed by the same officer who conducted the previous interrogation, and the taking of defendant\u2019s blood samples might explain his decision to waive his previously asserted right to silence. There is no evidence here that the interrogating officer, by resuming the interrogation, unconstitutionally infringed upon the defendant\u2019s right to remain silent, or that the defendant\u2019s confession was less than voluntary due to persistent and repeated efforts on the part of the police officers to wear down defendant\u2019s resistance and make him change his mind (compare United States ex rel. Doss v. Bensinger (7th Cir. 1972), 463 F.2d 576, cert. denied (1972), 409 U.S. 932, 34 L. Ed. 2d 186, 93 S. Ct. 239; Untied States v. Crisp (7th Cir. 1970), 435 F.2d 354; People v. Gibson (1977), 55 Ill. App. 3d 929, 371 N.E.2d 341). The motion to suppress the defendant\u2019s confession was properly denied.\nThe second contention of the defendant on appeal is that he was denied a fair trial as a result of a number of improper statements made by the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney during closing argument. The defendant first calls our attention to alleged misstatements by the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney regarding the testimony of Dr. Marvin Ziporyn, one of the defendant\u2019s expert witnesses. Dr. Ziporyn testified that the defendant was suffering from a specific mental disorder, i.e., sociopathic personality disorder, sexual deviation. Dr. Ziporyn described the disorder\u2019s effect upon the defendant as follows:\n\u201cNow in Mr. Pleasant\u2019s case because of his early family experiences, he developed a tremendous preoccupation with sex and, and his entire life has been involved in an effort to keep from acting out the sexual desires and fantasies.\nBasically you can say about Mr. Pleasant, that he is constantly in a state of sexual desire. He is constantly aroused, constantly compelled to cage his arouse [sic] and because of some of the experiences he has had in life he has become convinced that all women have foracious [sic] sexual appetites and basically welcome free and easy sexual contact.\nNow he is not psychotic. He understands reality and so he understands that this is not an appropriate mode of social action. He knows the difference between right and wrong. He knows that there is not a direct posture to take.\nBut under any kind of stress his control over his desires breaks down and this sexual obsessiveness comes through and he commits acts of sexual elicitness. This is not a one-time thing with Mr. Pleasant. There is something that is ongoing because it is the result of a chronic mental disturbance. And when this occurs he is not able to control his actions because they are the result of his illness, that he cannot control his actions anymore than an individual with Tuberculosis can control a cough when it manifests itself or an individual with a ulser [sic] can control himself from having a pain in his belly.\nIt comes because the disease calls for it and is not constant, but it comes forth under stress.\u201d\nDr. Ziporyn concluded his testimony on direct examination by stating that although the defendant is able to appreciate the criminality of his conduct, as a result of his mental disease he lacked the substantial capacity on the day of his attack upon Ms. Ernst to conform his conduct to the requirements of law. This, of course, is the legal definition of insanity found in section 6 \u2014 2(a) of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 6\u20142(a)). Section 6\u20142(b) of the Criminal Code, however, provides that \u201c[t]he terms \u2018mental disease or mental defect\u2019 do not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct.\u201d (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 6\u20142(b).) The Assistant State\u2019s Attorney focused upon this latter section of the insanity statute during his cross-examination of Dr. Ziporyn, as evidenced by the following colloquy:\n\u201cQ. Now moving right on just for a minute, will you explain a little more clearly what you mean in simple terms by a person with socio-pathic behavior?\nA. All right, an individual with socio-pathic behavior is an individual who has emotional problems which are manifested by acting out behavior. That is the basic concept and the acting out behavior is of such a nature as to involve the conflicts with the laws of the community in which he resides.\nQ. So he is, Mr. Pleasant, according to your diagnosis has an emotional problem disease which is manifested by repeated criminal activity, I guess?\nA. That is correct.\u201d\nSubsequently, on redirect examination Dr. Ziporyn was asked by defendant\u2019s counsel if, in making his diagnosis of the defendant, he took into consideration the fact that a mental disease or defect does not include an abnormality that manifests itself only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial behavior. Dr. Ziporyn responded that he had taken it into account, but found it not to be pertinent because Pleasant was a sociopath with a sexual deviation based on emotional difficulties, not an antisocial personality. It is only the latter type of personality that is the subject of section 6\u20142(b) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 6\u20142(b)). On re-cross-examination, the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney asked Dr. Ziporyn the following question:\n\u201cQ. Let me get this straight, doctor. Now, while the socio-pathic personality in sexual deviation is one whose soul [sic] manifestations are criminal behavior, activity which regards criminal behavior, criminal sexual acts, you are making a distinction in your diagnosis based on the reasons behind that fact?\nA. That is correct.\u201d\nDuring closing argument and rebuttal, the prosecutor stated that during his cross examination of Dr. Ziporyn, the doctor admitted that the defendant\u2019s abnormality was one which is manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial behavior, and consequently it was not a mental disease or defect as defined in the insanity statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 6\u20142). On appeal, the defendant contends that Dr. Ziporyn never testified to that effect, and the repeated misstatements of his testimony by the prosecutor were so prejudicial that he was denied a fair trial. (People v. Bolden (1978), 59 Ill. App. 3d 441, 375 N.E.2d 898.) We disagree. In the last quoted colloquy between the prosecutor and Dr. Ziporyn, the prosecutor prefaced his question by stating that \u201csociopathic personality in sexual deviation is one whose soul [sic] manifestations are criminal behavior * \u00b0 Although the doctor\u2019s answer is directly responsive to the prosecutor\u2019s inquiry, i.e., whether he was making a distinction in his diagnosis, his response can be interpreted as a silent acquiescence in the prosecutor\u2019s basic premise. We consider the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s comments to be a reasonable and legitimate inference to be drawn from Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s testimony, and therefore proper.\nWith regard to the other allegedly prejudicial comments made by the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney during closing argument, the record indicates either a cure of any prejudicial effect or a waiver of the objection on appeal. First, the defendant promptly objected to the prosecutor\u2019s statement that Dr. Ziporyn \u201cwas hired from Chicago to come down and diagnose the Defendant as insane, establish an insanity defense.\u201d This objection was sustained, and the jury was instructed to disregard the prosecutor\u2019s comment. Such action cured any error. (People v. Hampton (1969), 44 Ill. 2d 41, 253 N.E.2d 385.) Finally, the other two allegedly prejudicial remarks were not objected to by the defendant during closing argument. As a consequence any error was waived. People v. Matthews (1979), 69 Ill. App. 3d 65, 387 N.E.2d 10; People v. Harris (1975), 33 Ill. App. 3d 600, 338 N.E.2d 129.\nThe judgment of the Circuit Court of Peoria County is affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nSTENGEL, J., concurs.", "type": "majority", "author": "Mr. JUSTICE BARRY" }, { "text": "Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER,\ndissenting:\nI respectfully dissent from the reasoning and the result reached by my colleagues. In my opinion the remarks of the prosecutor during his final argument deprived the defendant of a fair trial, and consequently I believe a new trial should be granted to the defendant. The essence of Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s testimony was that the defendant was constantly in a state of sexual desire. Under stress his control over his desires breaks down and he commits sexual acts. He has no control over these actions because they are the result of a chronic mental disturbance. On cross-examination, Dr. Ziporyn stated that this disturbance is manifested by repeated criminal activity. On redirect examination he stated that he had taken into consideration the fact that the Illinois statute states that a mental disease or defect does not include an abnormality that manifests itself only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial behavior (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 6\u20142(b)) but found it not to be pertinent because defendant was a sociopath with a sexual deviation based on emotional difficulties, not an anti-social personality. It is only the latter type of personality that is the subject of section 6\u20142(b).\nOn re-cross-examination, the prosecutor asked Dr. Ziporyn:\n\u201cQ. Let me get this straight, doctor. Now, while the socio-pathic personality in sexual deviation is one whose soul [sic] manifestations are criminal behavior, activity which regards criminal behavior, criminal sexual acts, you are making a distinction in your diagnosis based on the reasons behind that fact?\nA. That is correct.\u201d\nOn the basis of this testimony the prosecutor repeatedly stated during his closing argument and rebuttal that Dr. Ziporyn had testified that the particular abnormality from which the defendant suffers is manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial behavior and therefore, the prosecutor stated, the defendant was not suffering from a mental disease or defect. Each time the prosecutor made these statements defense counsel objected that they were misstatements of Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s testimony, and the court cautioned the prosecutor to keep his comments to the evidence to a reasonable inference therefrom.\nThe majority contends the prosecutor\u2019s statements were a reasonable and legitimate inference to be drawn from Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s testimony. I find no basis for this contention. While Dr. Ziporyn did say that the defendant\u2019s emotional problem manifested itself in criminal activity, nowhere in the record does he state that it only manifested itself in criminal behavior. Nor can support for the prosecutor\u2019s statements be found in Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s answer to the question on re-cross-examination. The prosecutor prefaced the question by attempting to define sociopathic behavior and then asking Dr. Ziporyn if he was making a distinction from that in his diagnosis of the defendant. Dr. Ziporyn simply answered that yes, he was making a distinction. It does not logically follow that he accepted the prosecutor\u2019s premise that a sociopathic personality manifests itself solely by criminal behavior. Nor can the idea that Dr. Ziporyn said that the defendant\u2019s illness was only manifested in criminal behavior be gleaned from that colloquy. In fact, the abovementioned colloquy, contrary to the majority\u2019s contention, is strongly supportive of the defendant\u2019s position. The most logical reading of the passage is that even if Dr. Ziporyn, for the sake of argument, accepted the prosecutor\u2019s premise, he would still say that the defendant was insane, as defined by the statute. Therefore, the conclusion can only be reached that the prosecutor seriously misstated the testimony supplied by Dr. Ziporyn.\nIt is indisputable that these misstatements prejudiced the defendant. They concerned the testimony of a key witness regarding defendant\u2019s sole defense. They were made repeatedly by the prosecutor. The defense of insanity is a very complicated one to present and difficult for a jury to understand. For the prosecutor to misrepresent the testimony of the defendant\u2019s key witness is indisputably prejudicial to defendant and requires a new trial.\nAlthough the prosecutor\u2019s misstatements of Dr. Ziporyn\u2019s testimony in and of themselves require a new trial, I also believe it necessary to comment on one other instance of prosecutorial misconduct which aggravates the foregoing improper arguments. During closing argument the prosecutor stated that Dr. Ziporyn \u201cwas hired from Chicago to come down and diagnose the Defendant as insane, establish an insanity defense.\u201d The majority holds that because there was a prompt objection which was sustained and the jury was instructed to disregard the comment, any error was cured. I disagree. The statement was blatant misconduct which could serve no other purpose than to prejudice the jury. It was deliberate and inexcusable. In conjunction with the prosecutor\u2019s previous misconduct, it served to exacerbate the prejudice the defendant suffered. Because the prosecutor\u2019s misconduct was prejudicial to the defendant, I would reverse and remand for a new trial.", "type": "dissent", "author": "Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER," } ], "attorneys": [ "Ronald E. Halliday, of Peoria, for appellant.", "Michael M. Mihm, State\u2019s Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES N. PLEASANT, Defendant-Appellant.\nThird District\nNo. 79-936\nOpinion filed September 29, 1980.\nRehearing denied October 27, 1980.\nSTOUDER, J., dissenting.\nRonald E. Halliday, of Peoria, for appellant.\nMichael M. Mihm, State\u2019s Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People." }, "file_name": "0984-01", "first_page_order": 1006, "last_page_order": 1015 }