People v. Johnny, Dois

CourtSuperior Court of Guam
DecidedApril 16, 2021
DocketCF0124-20
StatusUnknown

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Opinion

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OF GUAM 202) APR 16 PHI2: | 3 CLERK OF COURT IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GUAM By: Q THE PEOPLE OF GUAM ) Criminal Case No. CF0124-20 ) GPD Report No.: 20-05303 vs. ) ) SAHN JOHNNY ) aka SAHN LONELY JOHNNY ) DOB: 01/19/1989 ) DECISION AND ORDER RE. ) MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT ROY ANTHONY JOHNNY ) DOB: 12/26/1990 ) ) ADVENTUS CHRIS DOIS ) DOB: 12/08/1998 ) ) HAGGAI DOIS ) DOB: 06/22/1996, ) Defendants. -) ) INTRODUCTION

This matter came before the Honorable Maria T. Cenzon upon submission of Defendants — Sahn Johnny (“Sahn”), Roy Anthony Johnny (“Roy”), Adventus Dois (“Adventus”), and Haggai Dois’s (“Haggai”)(collectively, “Defendants”) joint Motion to Dismiss the Indictment. Assistant Attorney General Rolland Wimberley responded on behalf of the People of Guam (“the

People”), filing the People’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Indictment! .

' The Court is compelled to admonish Assistant Attorney-General Wimberly for filing an Opposition with the court that is undeniably a poorly edited submission of a document presumably previously filed in another case and which . references another defendant by the name of “Limo.” See, Opp. to Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss the Indictment at p. 4. The Court reminds counsel of Rule 1.1 of the Guam Rules of Professional Conduct which mandates competent | representation to a client, including the legal knowledge, skill; thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation. The People’s Opposition was due on September 24, 2020, and even with the tolling of time attributable to the various-Guam Supreme Court Administrative Orders issued in response to the COVID-19

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During the motion hearing on January 25, 2021, Chief Prosecutor Basil O’Mallan argued on

behalf of the People.

The Defendants are represented by counsel as follows: Public Defender Stephen Hattori represents Sanh, Assistant Alternate Public Defender Brycen Breazeale represents Roy, Attorney Terry Timblin represents Adventus, and Attorney Gloria Rudolph represents Haggai. Having duly considered the written briefs and the record filed with the Court, the arguments presented at the Motion Hearing, and the applicable statutes and case law, the Court DENIES Defendants’

Motion to Dismiss the Indictment and ORDERS the People to furnish a Bill of Particulars

specifying the felony or misdemeanor offense(s) which Defendants ‘are alleged to have

committed or facilitated as it relates to the Rioting charge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendants were indicted on February 27, 2020, on two (2) counts of Aggravated Assault

(As a Third Degree Felony)(Defendant Sahn Johnny only); Rioting (As A Third Degree |

|| Felony)(all Defendants); Disorderly Conduct (As a Petty Misdemeanor)(all Defendants); and

Public Drunkenness (As a Violation)(all Defendants). The charges against the Defendants stem

from an incident occurring on or about February 20, 2020, behind Kmart at the West Harmon

Industrial Park in Tamuning, Guam. Decl. of Steven J. Haderlie in Support of Mag. Compl. (Feb. 21, 2020)(Haderlie Decl.). Police responding to a report of a disturbance in that tocation “found about 20 people outside yelling at each other, most appearing intoxicated, and the people failed

to calm down or cease yelling upon police request.” Haderlie Decl. Defendant Sahn is alleged to

have picked up a pipe and struck Maris Sos on the head with it. Jd. Defendant Sahn is also

pandemic, would have been due no later than October 19, 2020. It was not filed until November 5, 2020 and only -

| after the Court ordered the Government to respond by November 6, and any Defendants’ reply to the Opposition by

November 13. Defendant Adventus filed his Reply on November 14, and the Court exercised its discretion to permit the late filing under the circumstances.

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alleged to have thrown a rock into. the face of Defendant Adventus, resulting in the charge against him for Aggravated Assault (as a Third Degree Felony). Id.; Indictment, First Charge, Count Two (Feb. 27, 2020). Defendant Adventus and Defendant Haggai purportedly ignored police instructions to calm down and continued to yell expletives and challenge Defendant Sahn and others in the group, including Defendant Roy, to fight. Defendant Roy is alleged to have engaged in fighting with Defedants Haggai and Adventus and to have hit victim Sos. According to Defendant Sahn, more than ten (10) people were involved in the altercation. Id.

Defendant Roy filed a Motion to Dismiss the Indictment (“Motion”) on September 20, 2020, arguing that (1) the People cannot prove and have not sufficiently alleged that he participated “with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct,” and (2) the Indictment lacks particularity because it does not specify which felony or misdemeanor he allegedly intended to commit “in a course of disorderly conduct.” Mot. at p. 3. (Sept. 10, 2020). Defendants Adventus, Haggai and Sahn joined in the Motion on October 13, 2020 and October 30, 2020; respectively.

The People oppose the Motion, arguing that (1) Guam law does not permit Defendants to re-assess the grand jury’s determination of probable cause prior to trial; (2) the Court lacks authority to dismiss the Indictment for insufficient evidence; and (3) if the Indictment lacks particularity, the appropriate remedy is to order a bill of particulars, not to dismiss the Indictment. Opp’n (Nov. 5, 2020).°

Defendant Adventus Dois filed his Reply to the People’s Opposition on January 14,

2021, arguing that the Indictment does not specify the requisite intent of the charge in question

> A single phrase nestled into the Defendants’ motion claims that the element of the number of participants “was not presented to the grand jury.” This contention is without factual or legal basis and the Court considers Defendants’ motion to be based solely upon the sufficiency of the pleading rather than on whether the grand jury’s probable cause determination was based upon sufficient competent evidence. However, to the extent that it was mentioned, albeit without support, the Court discusses any grand jury determination in Section B, below.

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and moved for a bill of particulars. Reply (January 14, 2021). No other Defendant filed a Reply, including the original movant Defendant Roy. A hearing on the motion was held on J anuary 15, 2021, and the Court took the matter under advisement pursuant to Supreme Court of Guam Administrative Rule 06-001 and CVR 7.1(e)(6)(A) of the Local Rules of the Superior Court of

Guam.

DISCUSSION

I. Motion to Dismiss Due To Allegedly Defective Indictment.

All of the Defendants have been charged with Rioting (As a Third Degree Felony)

pursuant to 9 GCA Section 61.10(a)(1), with the following language in the Indictment: On or about the 20" day of February 2020, in Guam, [DEFENDANT], did commit the offense of Rioting (As a Third Degree Felony), in that they did knowingly participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct, with intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanor, in violation of 9 GCA 8§ 60.10(a)(1).

9 GCA § 61.10(a)(1) provides as follows:

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