2025 IL App (1st) 251811-U
SECOND DIVISION December 15, 2025
No. 1-25-1811B
NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and is not precedent except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1). ______________________________________________________________________________
IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) 24CR12344 ) DIMITRI SANDERS, ) Honorable ) Tyria B. Walton, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. _____________________________________________________________________________
JUSTICE McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court. Presiding Justice Van Tine and Justice D.B. Walker concurred in the judgment.
ORDER
¶1 Held: The trial court’s order for defendant’s continued detention affirmed where no new information was presented that undermined the original conclusion that defendant’s detention was necessary.
¶2 Defendant, Dimitri Sanders, appeals an order for his continued pretrial detention.
¶3 The record on appeal shows that on November 17, 2024, defendant was arrested and
charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder. No. 1-25-1811B
Those charges were based on allegations that, after getting into a verbal altercation with a woman
(“Witness One”) on a residential Chicago street, defendant shot the woman’s 59-year old mother
(“Victim One”) and her 30-year old sister (“Victim Two”). 1 Victim One died from her injuries.
¶4 On November 20, 2024, the State filed a verified petition for a detention hearing, and the
court held a hearing that same day before the Honorable Susana Ortiz. At the hearing, Pretrial
services stated that defendant had a “New criminal activity scale 2; failure to appear scale 2; new
PSA score coincides with pretrial supervision level 3.”
¶5 The State proffered that around 11:30 pm on July 4, 2024, Witness One was outside of her
family home in Chicago looking for eyeglasses that she thought she lost on the sidewalk, while
Victim One was inside the home. As she searched, defendant approached, along with defendant’s
sister. Defendant and Witness One got into a “verbal altercation” which “eventually de[-
]escalated.” Defendant and his sister walked away, and stood on a nearby corner.
¶6 Shortly after, Witness One’s sister, Victim Two, returned home, along with another sister
(“Witness Two”). Victim One emerged from the home. Witness One began telling her mother and
sisters about what had happened. As they were talking, defendant and his sister returned, and
defendant “charge[d] at” Witness One. Victim One held Witness One back, “trying to stop any
kind of physical fight.” Fearing that her mother and sister were going to get hurt, Victim Two, a
valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (“FOID”) and Concealed Carry License (“CCL”)
holder, took out a firearm from her purse. Victim Two pointed the firearm at defendant, and told
him to leave the area.
1 During the initial hearing, the victims and witnesses were referred to by number. In this appeal, we will continue to refer to them using the terms that were used at that hearing. 2 No. 1-25-1811B
¶7 Defendant and his sister began to walk northbound away from the group. Victim Two then
put her firearm back in her purse, and turned around, facing the opposite direction of where
defendant and his sister walked.
¶8 As the women stood outside, facing away from defendant, “shots r[a]ng out.” Neighbors,
who had come outside during the earlier commotion, observed defendant shooting a firearm in the
direction of the victims.
¶9 Upon hearing the gunshots, Victim Two began “to run southbound opposite of where the
defendant [wa]s shooting and realize[d] that she’[d] been shot.” She was transported to an area
hospital where she was treated for a gunshot wound to her lower back.
¶ 10 Victim One sustained a gunshot wound to her inner left thigh and a gunshot wound to the
back of her head, causing her death.
¶ 11 Following the shooting, Witness Two noticed pain in her back. The day after the shooting,
she realized that she had a bullet fragment buried in her skin on her back. She did not seek medical
treatment but took pictures. Defendant was not charged in connection with her injuries.
¶ 12 During the ensuing investigation, three nine-millimeter shell casings were located at the
scene of the shooting. Chicago Police Department firearm lab preliminary analysis showed a high
probability that the casings were fired from the same firearm.
¶ 13 A cell phone was also located on the scene. Although the record is not clear as to the
ownership of that phone, the State asserted that when officers found it, they saw the screen light
up and observed an incoming call from “Dimitri.” The police then received an anonymous call
identifying the shooter as defendant.
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¶ 14 Thereafter, officers placed defendant into a photo array. Three witnesses from the scene
positively identified defendant as the shooter. Defendant’s sister was also identified by multiple
witnesses as the person who was with him that night.
¶ 15 During the course of the police investigation, a search was conducted on defendant’s phone
number. Cell tower data showed defendant’s phone number connected to a cell tower in the vicinity
of the homicide at the time of the incident.
¶ 16 Defendant was arrested on November 17, 2024. At the time of his arrest, defendant was in
possession of a phone. Police officers executed a search warrant on the phone. The subsequent
forensic analysis of the phone revealed internet searches on October 30, 2024, for “how long does
it take CPD to solve a murder”; “what do police need to solve a murder”; and “Chicago 4th of July
homicides.” Another internet search was completed on November 12, 2024, for “are family
members credible in criminal cases.” The phone also contained a screen shot of a post regarding
the death of Victim One from a “Facebook page for a business that is titled legal help firm.”
¶ 17 The State further explained that defendant’s criminal background included an arrest in
2021 for a Class 4 aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (UUW). “That matter was ultimately
reduced to a misdemeanor and he received time considered served.”
¶ 18 Based on the above proffer, the State argued the proof was evident and the presumption
great that defendant committed the detainable offense of first degree murder, and that he posed a
real and present threat to the safety of a person, persons, or the community. The State noted that
defendant began to fire on the group when they were walking away, and that “[a]ny person who is
firing a gun in a neighborhood at people on a holiday shows no regard for human life and is clearly
a danger in our community.” And although Victim Two had previously displayed a firearm, that
firearm was back in her purse at the time of the shooting, and it was no longer a threat.
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¶ 19 Finally, the State asserted that there were no conditions the court could impose to mitigate
the threat defendant posed. The State asserted that, “Although this defendant is not a convicted
felon,” he had been charged with a felony, and the “case was pending for two years before
disposition to a misdemeanor.” Defendant had also shown “clear disregard for the rules,” by
possessing a firearm without a FOID or CCL. The State argued that the most restrictive condition
of release available to the court was electronic monitoring, but electronic monitoring would not
protect the community because defendant
“would have two days of unfettered unrestricted access in the community where
the band would just tell us where he had been. It does nothing to stop crime. It does
nothing to stop him from having a gun. It does nothing to stop him from getting in
altercations with individuals and it does nothing to protect the community.”
¶ 20 In response, counsel for defendant argued that the identifications were not reliable, because
Victim Two was “unable to make a positive identification” of defendant, and both Witness One
and Witness Two identified defendant, but they were “not a hundred percent sure.” Counsel also
noted that the witnesses and victims were “related,” and that that there “may be some bias here.”
Although they claimed the gun was put away before defendant started shooting, “[t]here may be a
different story” and “there may be some self-defense down the line.”
¶ 21 Defense counsel further asserted that defendant had “no violence in [his] background”
since the aggravated UUW charge “was dropped down to a misdemeanor” offense. Counsel also
stated that defendant was in the military and was honorably discharged. Counsel contended that
defendant should be released on electronic or GPS monitoring, which would give “sheriffs ***
unfettered access to where he is residing.”
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¶ 22 Regarding mitigation, defense counsel asserted that defendant was a 25-year old lifelong
resident of Cook County, he lived with his mother, he was engaged, and he had a child “on the
way.” Defendant worked for the “department of defense” during the week, and as an “unarmed
security guard” on weekends.
¶ 23 In ruling, the court explained that the State bore the burden at the hearing, but that the
“standard before the court at this time is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. That is for trial.”
¶ 24 Based on the State’s proffer, the court found that the State had met its burden to show by
clear and convincing evidence that defendant committed the charged offenses. The court explained
that a phone was found at the scene with an incoming call from “Dimitri,” that defendant was
identified as the shooter, and that internet searches on his phone showed he had a “key interest” in
the crime and its investigation.
¶ 25 The court also found that defendant posed a real and present threat because the proffer
showed that the shooting happened after “an argument over a pair of glasses something miniscule
on the street.” Defendant was “extremely aggressive,” he returned after the initial altercation, and
he “lunged toward and was about to attack one of the other women to the point” that Victim Two
“was so fearful that [she] displayed [her] lawfully possessed weapon in order to get [defendant] to
not physically attack” one of the women. Defendant then shot the victims on a public street when
their backs were turned.
¶ 26 Finally, the court found that there were no less restrictive conditions that could mitigate
the threat defendant posed because electronic monitoring or GPS were “not fail safe” and there
was “no immediate ability to apprehend. Should there be a violation they can be ignored, cut off,
or simply walked away from.” The court also stated that defendant could “abscond if he chose to,”
and that those conditions would not prevent defendant “from obtaining more weapons.”
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¶ 27 Following the hearing, the court entered a written order consistent with the above findings.
Defendant did not appeal that order.
¶ 28 Approximately six months later, on May 27, 2025, defendant filed a petition for pretrial
release. The Honorable Tyria B. Walton held a continued detention hearing on defendant’s motion
on June 12, 2025.
¶ 29 At that hearing, defense counsel asked the court to “review the previous order of detention”
because the prior order was “not supported by clear and convincing evidence.” Defense counsel
asserted that “arguably the circumstances give rise to actions based on a justifiable use of force in
defense of oneself or of others involved in this situation.”
¶ 30 Defense counsel also stated that
“since his time in Cook County Department of Corrections, [defendant has] had no
disciplinary tickets or violations. *** He’s demonstrated that he can remain
compliant with the rules and procedures of the Cook County Department of
Corrections, which we would suggest translates into being able to abide by the rules
and conditions that your Honor could set forth for him for potential release.”
¶ 31 The State then provided a proffer that was substantially similar to the one provided at
defendant’s initial detention hearing. The State argued that the evidence showed defendant
committed first degree murder, explaining that, although counsel suggested that there may be a
self-defense or defense of others claim, the evidence was “irrefutable” that Victim One was shot
in the back of the head, and that the women were facing away from defendant at the time he fired
shots. The State also argued that defendant posed a real and present threat because he shot one
victim in the back and the other in the back of the head, and that less restrictive conditions would
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not mitigate defendant’s dangerousness because they would not “prohibit the defendant from
continuing this behavior.”
¶ 32 In response, defense counsel argued that the State mentioned that Witness One was looking
for her glasses, trying “to make this seem like this was some kind of innocent thing.” Defense
counsel stated, however, that Witness One lost her glasses during “a physical altercation with her
brother just minutes before” she encountered defendant. Defense counsel also stated that the
“videos and the reports” showed that defendant approached her and asked her if she needed help.
“She says she doesn’t need help from him, [and] he says ‘fine, F you.’ ” Counsel continued:
“and then she *** says, ‘bro, [your] a*** will get killed right here.’ He says, ‘I'll
spit on you, b***.”. The female then responds, ‘[your] a*** will lay right here,
[your] a*** gonna die right here.’ And she repeats this multiple times over the
course of at least a couple of minutes while she’s having this verbal altercation with
*** the person they have identified as [defendant] on [the] scene and that individual
is not raising his arms, he’s not trying to instigate any fights, any physical
altercations. The majority of the aggressive conduct as well as words that are being
thrown around at this time are from [Witness One].”
¶ 33 Counsel stated that the situation was de-escalated “because [defendant] and his sister
walk[ed] away.” When defendant and the sister returned,
“[Witness One] can then be seen also being held back by some of the witnesses on
scene because she is getting physically aggressive during this situation. And it is
true that you can hear that [Victim Two], who is the one that pulls out a firearm and
points it at [defendant] and his sister, *** and says, just get the f*** off my
property, and when she says that, they are leaving. The gun is still trained *** on
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the people identified as [defendant] and his sister as they are walking away. ***
[S]hortly after that is when shots rang out.”
¶ 34 Defense counsel contended that this was not “an innocent incident [involving] some
unarmed women.” Rather, it was Witness One who got into a “physical altercation with a family
member” and then started “getting aggressive with” and “issuing threats to kill” defendant.
¶ 35 In ruling, the court explained that its “role at this point is to determine only whether or not
continued detention is appropriate. And without regurgitating what those original findings were, I
do concur with them and I do find that continued detention is appropriate and that there are no
least [sic] restrictive conditions at this time.” The court explained that it had considered what
counsel “offered in mitigation, and perhaps that is something that would be brought before the
Court in some type of motion or just be presented in the defendant’s defense of the charges before
me, but as for today’s hearing the motion for pretrial release is going to be denied.”
¶ 36 On August 14, 2025, defense counsel filed a motion for relief. Counsel argued the State
“failed to meet its burden” because “[t]he evidence is primarily circumstantial” and the
circumstances of the shooting were “not without provocation on the part of the complainants and
their associates on the evening in question,” because defendant and his sister “were threatened
immediately before the shooting by one of the individuals involved in this incident.”
¶ 37 Defense counsel also argued that the State failed to prove that defendant posed a real and
present threat because it “relied primarily on the nature of the offense.” Counsel further asserted
that the State failed to prove that there were no conditions that could mitigate his dangerousness,
where defendant had “remained compliant with the court’s no contact order,” and he had “no
infractions or violations and has received no discipline” while in the custody of the Cook County
Department of Corrections.
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¶ 38 The court held a hearing on defendant’s motion for relief on August 27, 2025. Defense
counsel briefly argued that the court’s order for continued detention was “inappropriate,” and
otherwise “rested on the [written] motion.” The State again reiterated the proffer, and argued that
the court “correctly found that defendant should [continue to] be detained.” In reply, defense
counsel asserted that the State was “trying to paint the picture that *** there was no provocation”
when the evidence showed that defendant had been threatened and had a gun pointed at him.
¶ 39 In ruling, the court stated that it was
“still of the position that custody or detention is the most appropriate scenario
under the full facts and circumstances in aggravation and mitigation as offered here
today.
I still do not find that there are any conditions or combination of conditions
that would mitigate the safety risk that [defendant] poses. Furthermore, I do not
think that any of those conditions would assure that he would comply with this
Court’s order or follow the rules of law.
So, in light of that, your petition or motion is denied. Continued detention
is warranted and so ordered. [Defendant] will remain in custody until further order.”
¶ 40 Defendant filed a notice of appeal of the trial court’s August 27, 2025 order, pursuant to
Supreme Court Rule 604(h), which conferred jurisdiction on this court. See Ill. S. Ct. R. 604(h)(3)
(eff. Apr. 15, 2024). In this court, defendant filed a memorandum pursuant to Rule 604(h)(7), to
supplement the grounds set forth in his motion for relief, which defendant characterizes as:
“(1) The State failed to meet its burden by clear and convincing evidence that the
proof is evident or the presumption great that [defendant] committed a detainable
offense; (2) the State failed to meet its burden of proving by clear and convincing
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evidence that [defendant] poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person
or persons or the community, based on the specific articulable facts of the case; and
(3) the State failed to meet its burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence
that no condition or combination of conditions can mitigate the real and present
threat to the safety of any person or person or the community based on the specific
articulable facts of the case.”
¶ 41 As an initial matter, we must clarify the scope of the issue that is before us in this appeal.
¶ 42 Defendant was initially ordered detained on November 20, 2024, and he did not appeal that
order. Rather, six months later, on May 27, 2025, defendant filed a petition for pretrial release.
After a continuing detention hearing, the trial court denied defendant’s petition, finding that
defendant’s continued detention was warranted. Defendant’s motion for relief was denied on
August 27, 2025. In these circumstances, the propriety of the initial detention order is not before
us. See Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st) 232482, ¶¶ 24-28. Rather, this appeal concerns the trial court’s
finding regarding defendant’s continued detention. As explained below, the governing inquiry to
assess the need for continued detention is distinct from the assessment required when the State
initially seeks pretrial detention.
¶ 43 Pretrial release is governed by article 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
(Code), as amended by Public Act 101-652 (eff. Jan. 1, 2023), sometimes referred to as the Pretrial
Fairness Act (Act). The Act “abolish[ed] traditional monetary bail in favor of pretrial release on
personal recognizance or with conditions of release.” People v. Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st) 232482,
¶ 20. “Section 110-6.1(e) of the Code presumes that all defendants are eligible for pretrial release
and places the burden of justifying pretrial detention by clear and convincing evidence on the
State.” People v. Stock, 2023 IL (1st) 231753, ¶ 11; 725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(e) (West 2024).
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¶ 44 For the State to obtain an initial detention order, the Act requires three showings by “clear
and convincing” evidence:
“For qualifying offenses, upon filing a verified petition requesting denial of pretrial
release, the State has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence (1) that
the proof is evident or the presumption great that a defendant has committed a
qualifying offense (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(e)(1) (West 2022)); (2) that the defendant’s
pretrial release poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons
or the community (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(a)(1)-(7), (e)(2) (West 2022)) or a
likelihood of willful flight to avoid prosecution (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(a)(8), (e)(3)
(West 2022)), and (3) that no condition or combination of conditions can mitigate
the real and present threat to the safety of any person or the community or prevent
the defendant's willful flight from prosecution (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(e)(3) (West
2022)).” Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st) 232482, ¶ 20.
¶ 45 After the initial pretrial detention hearing, the Act “also imposes a continuing obligation
for the court to assess whether continued detention is necessary at subsequent appearances.” Id., ¶
21. Specifically, at each subsequent appearance, the court must find that “continued detention is
necessary to avoid a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the community,
based on the specific articulable facts of the case, or to prevent the defendant’s willful flight from
prosecution.” 725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(i-5) (West 2024).
¶ 46 “While the section 110-6.1(i-5) finding shares commonalities with the State’s burden at a
detention hearing, it is not identical.” People v. Thomas, 2024 IL App (1st) 240479, ¶ 14. Rather
than requiring the three elements necessary at an initial detention hearing, subsection (i-5) begins
with the premise that the defendant’s detention was necessary to guard against a threat and asks
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whether anything has changed so that detention is no longer warranted. Id. At a continued detention
hearing, the court’s task is to determine whether new information has been presented that
undermines the original conclusion that the defendant’s detention was necessary to prevent a real
and present threat, and suggests that the initial detention is no longer necessary. Thomas, 2025 IL
App (1st) 250251-U, ¶ 25.
“ ‘Although this determination necessarily entails consideration of the threat or
flight risk posed by a defendant and the potential mitigation of such threat or flight
risk by conditions of release, the [statute] does not require the court to again make
specific findings that the State proved the three propositions by clear and
convincing evidence as required at the initial hearing.’ ” Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st)
232482, ¶ 22 (quoting People v. Casey, 2024 IL App (3d) 230568, ¶ 13).
¶ 47 While the State is not required to repeatedly prove by clear and convincing evidence the
three propositions required at the initial pre-trial detention hearing, it is required to provide a
factual basis for the defendant’s continued detention. People v. Casey, 2024 IL App (3d) 230568,
¶ 13. The “finding required by section 110-6.1(i-5) [for continued detention] is simply a less
demanding standard than what is required at a detention hearing, though both are concerned with
fundamentally the same question.” Thomas, 2024 IL App (1st) 240479, ¶ 14.
¶ 48 Our supreme court has held that when the parties proceed by proffer, de novo review
applies to appeals from initial detention decisions. People v. Morgan, 2025 IL 130626, ¶ 54 (“the
reviewing court is not bound by the circuit court’s factual findings and may therefore conduct its
own independent de novo review of the proffered evidence.”) “Some courts have also applied the
supreme court’s reasoning to continued detention hearings conducted by proffer, reviewing the
circuit court’s decision on continued detention de novo.” People v. Chavez, 2025 IL App (1st)
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251151-U (citing People v. Brito, 2025 IL App (1st) 242601-U). At least one other division of this
district has found that despite Morgan, the abuse of discretion standard is applicable to continued
detention determinations. See People v. Mansoori, 2025 IL App (1st) 250481-U. Additionally, one
panel in the fourth district has also found the abuse of discretion standard applicable to decisions
regarding continued detention, and the supreme court may soon decide the appropriate standard,
having recently allowed a petition for leave to appeal in that case. See People v. Post, 2025 IL App
(4th) 250598, ¶ 29, appeal allowed, No. 132403 (Nov. 21, 2025). Nevertheless, we need not decide
the appropriate standard of review, as our decision would be the same regardless of the standard
applied.
¶ 49 In this appeal, defendant first argues that the State did not meet its burden to show that he
committed a detainable offense where the State’s proffer “support[s] a finding of self-defense, not
that he committed a detainable offense.” Defendant contends that he “was not the initial
aggressor,” and that “he reasonably believed that he had to use a firearm to prevent imminent death
or great bodily harm to himself or his sister.”
¶ 50 First, the statutory provision regarding continued detention, section 110-6.1(i-5), simply
“does not require a showing or finding that proof is evident or the presumption great that defendant
committed a detainable offense.” Thomas, 2024 IL App (1st) 240479, ¶ 14 (citing 725 ILCS 5/110-
6.1(i-5) (West 2022)); see also Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st) 232482, ¶ 22 (the trial court is not
required to “again make specific findings that the State proved the three propositions by clear and
convincing evidence as required at the initial hearing.”).
¶ 51 Moreover, even if such a showing were required, we would still find the State’s proffer
sufficient. According to the State’s proffer, defendant and his sister had walked away from the
second altercation with the women, Victim Two returned the firearm to her purse, and the women
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were facing away from defendant at the time he fired shots upon them. This proffered evidence
does not suggest that the defendant acted in self-defense. See People v. Ellis, 187 Ill. App. 3d 295,
302-03 (1989) (State disproved self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt when the victim left an
initial altercation and went home, then the defendant retrieved a baseball bat and chased the
unarmed victim for two blocks before beating him with the bat). Even the “new” evidence defense
counsel raised at the August 27, 2025, hearing, regarding what counsel characterized as the
women’s “aggressive” conduct toward defendant, does not undermine that conclusion. Assuming
arguendo that we accepted that defendant was not the initial aggressor, his actions in leaving the
altercation and then shooting at the backs of the group of women would not be justified. See People
v. Thornton, 26 Ill. 2d 218, 222 (1962) (“The right of self-defense *** does [not] allow the pursuit
and killing of even an original aggressor after the aggressor abandons the quarrel.”).
¶ 52 Defendant, however, contends that the “fact that the decedent was shot in the back of the
head does not dispose of his self-defense claim.” He cites no authority for this statement, and
nonetheless, the State need not “dispose” of all affirmative defenses in order to meet its burden to
show that a defendant should be detained. Even if a defendant has a viable self-defense argument,
the State is required to disprove that defense at trial, not during a pretrial detention hearing. People
v. Smith, 2024 IL App (2d) 240168, ¶ 31.
¶ 53 Defendant next argues that the trial court’s finding of dangerousness was erroneous
because the trial court “had the benefit of knowing that [defendant], eight months after his arrest,
had never tried to contact any witness” and he had “complied with jail rules and regulations, never
receiving a disciplinary violation.” Relatedly, defendant also contends that the State “failed to meet
its burden of proving that no condition or combination of conditions”—specifically, electronic or
GPS monitoring, could mitigate the safety threat he poses, where he had “no history of violating
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court orders or attempting to evade prosecution” and the court had “additional information” that
defendant had been “compliant with jail directives.”
¶ 54 We reiterate that, at a hearing on defendant’s continued detention, the court is not required
to again make the findings that were required at an initial detention hearing. Hongo, 2024 IL App
(1st) 232482, ¶ 22. Rather, the court must determine whether any new information has been
presented that undermines the original conclusion that the defendant’s detention was necessary to
prevent a real and present threat, and suggests that detention is no longer necessary. Thomas, 2025
IL App (1st) 250251-U, ¶ 25.
¶ 55 In this case, we find no new information to suggest that defendant is no longer a threat or
that detention is no longer necessary. Although defendant has apparently conducted himself
commendably while in custody, defendant’s compliance with the no contact order and his lack of
disciplinary violations do not outweigh other circumstances weighing in favor of his detention.
The proffered evidence of the charged offense shows that defendant engaged in physical
altercations with the women, and acted aggressively toward them. After the initial altercations
ended, defendant fired shots at the backs of the victims. The shooting occurred on a residential
Chicago street, with multiple onlookers. Defendant’s record also shows that he has a previous
conviction for misdemeanor UUW, and that he possessed a firearm without a FOID card or CCL.
Defendant’s history of access to firearms, and his willingness to possess firearms in violation of
the law, provide further support for the conclusion that he is dangerous and should continue to be
detained. See Hongo, 2024 IL App (1st) 232482, ¶ 36 (“Defendant's history of failing to abide by
prior conditions of release placed upon him, by possessing a weapon while prohibited from doing
so, further suggests that continued detention is necessary to avoid the safety risk posed by
defendant.”).
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¶ 56 For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the denial of defendant’s motion for relief seeking
pretrial release.
¶ 57 Affirmed.