People v. Redmond

828 N.E.2d 1206, 357 Ill. App. 3d 256, 293 Ill. Dec. 708, 2005 Ill. App. LEXIS 375
CourtAppellate Court of Illinois
DecidedApril 18, 2005
DocketNo. 1-04-0284
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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People v. Redmond, 828 N.E.2d 1206, 357 Ill. App. 3d 256, 293 Ill. Dec. 708, 2005 Ill. App. LEXIS 375 (Ill. Ct. App. 2005).

Opinion

JUSTICE McBRIDE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lorenzo Redmond, appeals his burglary conviction, arguing that (1) defendant was denied his right to a fair and impartial jury when the trial court did not strike a juror who failed to disclose a prior criminal charge for cause or, in the alternative, he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to exercise a peremptory challenge to remove the juror; (2) defendant was eligible to elect substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration and the trial court erred in failing to inform defendant of such an election; and (3) the statute authorizing the compulsory extraction and perpetual storage of the DNA of felons violated defendant’s fourth amendment rights.

The following evidence was admitted at defendant’s October 2003 jury trial.

Officer Vincent Avery testified that he is employed with the intelligence unit of the Chicago police department and also on the counter-terrorism team. The intelligence unit does surveillance in different forms for different departments within the Chicago police department. On July 13, 2003, Officer Avery was assigned to counterterrorism for an event at McCormick Place. He and his partner were in plainclothes and drove an unmarked car.

At approximately 12:40 p.m., Officer Avery was driving down 23rd Street from Indiana Street. He saw an individual identified as defendant standing down the street and looking around as though defendant was waiting for a bus or something. However, Officer Avery noticed that there was no bus stop at that corner. Officer Avery and his partner drove around the block. The second time, Officer Avery saw defendant in a vehicle that they had observed on their first pass of the street. Defendant was on the passenger side with half of his body in the vehicle. Officer Avery identified the vehicle as a blue Chevy Blazer. He saw defendant’s head through the window. On the first pass down the street, Officer Avery noticed that all of the windows were intact on the Blazer, but this time he saw that the passenger front window was broken.

As Officer Avery approached the rear of the Blazer, defendant ran past the car. Officer Avery yelled “police,” but defendant continued running and Officer Avery ran after him. Officer Avery eventually detained defendant at 24th and Michigan. At one point during the chase, Officer Avery dropped his weapon and asked a citizen to drive him in the direction of defendant. Officer Avery stated that he did not lose sight of defendant. When he stopped defendant, defendant threw change to the ground. Officer Avery later learned that the owner of the Blazer was Michael Budil.

Michael Budil testified that on July 13, 2003, he drove into Chicago to attend the All Star Fan Fest at McCormick Place with his son, nephew and stepson. He drove a 1999 blue Chevy Blazer. He parked his car on the street at Indiana Street and 23rd Street. While he was at McCormick Place, Budil received a phone call from a Chicago police officer. He left with the kids and returned to his car. When Budil reached his car, he saw that the passenger-side window was broken. The window was not broken when Budil parked the car. Budil also noticed that some compact discs (CDs) were “disheveled” and he was missing coins from a slot between the front seats. Budil had about $5 or $6 in coins at the time. Budil stated that he had never seen defendant before that day, and defendant did not have permission to be in Budil’s car.

The jury found defendant guilty of burglary. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court noted that, based upon prior felony convictions, “defendant is a Class X mandate” and then sentenced him to nine years’ imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Defendant argues that he was denied his right to a fair trial because the trial court failed to strike a juror for cause when that juror failed to disclose a prior criminal charge. The State responds that defendant waived this issue by failing to use a peremptory challenge on the objectionable juror. We agree.

During voir dire, the trial court asked the venire if any of them had ever been accused of a crime. Juror Mullally did not indicate that he had. Later in chambers, defendant’s attorney asked to strike Mullally for cause because he failed to disclose that he had been accused of a crime. The court brought Mullally into chambers and asked him if there was a time when he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Mullally admitted that there was and that he did not disclose it earlier because he did not think it applied. Mullally thought it did not apply because it was a misdemeanor. The court denied defendant’s request to strike Mullally for cause, stating that the question was confusing and Mullally said he could be fair. Defendant did not use a peremptory challenge to excuse Mullally.

“The failure to challenge a juror for cause or by peremptory challenge waives any objection to that juror.” People v. Collins, 106 Ill. 2d 237, 271 (1985). A court’s failure to remove a prospective juror for cause is grounds for reversal only if the defense exercised all of its peremptory challenges and an objectionable juror was allowed to sit on the jury. People v. Lake, 298 Ill. App. 3d 50, 56 (1998).

Accordingly, defendant’s argument that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to strike Mullally for cause is waived because defendant failed to exercise a peremptory challenge on Mullally and defendant had not yet exhausted his peremptory challenges.

As an alternative argument, defendant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to exercise a peremptory challenge to exclude Mullally from the jury.

In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674, 104 S. Ct. 2052 (1984), the Supreme Court delineated a two-part test to use when evaluating whether a defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel in violation of the sixth amendment. Under Strickland, a defendant must demonstrate that counsel’s performance was deficient and that such deficient performance substantially prejudiced defendant. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687, 80 L. Ed. 2d at 693, 104 S. Ct. at 2064.

If a case may be disposed of on the ground of lack of sufficient prejudice, that course should be taken, and the court need not ever consider the quality of the attorney’s performance. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 697, 80 L. Ed. 2d at 699, 104 S. Ct. at 2069. In evaluating sufficient prejudice, “the defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694, 80 L. Ed. 2d at 698, 104 S. Ct. at 2052.

In the present case, defendant cannot show that he suffered any prejudice as a result of his attorney’s alleged error. The evidence against defendant was substantial. Here, Officer Avery testified that he saw defendant inside a vehicle that belonged to another person. Additionally, Officer Avery noticed that the passenger window was not broken when he initially drove past, but upon recircling, Officer Avery saw that the window was broken and defendant was partially inside the Blazer.

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