NOTICE 2023 IL App (4th) 210489-U This Order was filed under FILED Supreme Court Rule 23 and is NO. 4-21-0489 April 5, 2023 not precedent except in the Carla Bender limited circumstances allowed 4th District Appellate IN THE APPELLATE COURT Court, IL under Rule 23(e)(1). OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Sangamon County MOISES B. TRUJILLO, ) No. 17CF310 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Ryan M. Cadagin, ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE LANNERD delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Cavanagh and Zenoff concurred in the judgment. ORDER ¶1 Held: (1) The trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress his confession based on the totality of the circumstances. (2) The trial court conducted a sufficient Krankel hearing on defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. (3) The trial court did not err in making a record of its sentencing determination. (4) Defendant’s sentence was not subject to double enhancement due to the application of a 25-year firearm enhancement. ¶2 In April 2021, after a jury trial, defendant, Moises B. Trujillo, was found guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery. The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate sentence of 80 years’ imprisonment. ¶3 On appeal, defendant argues (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress statements, (2) the court held an insufficient Krankel hearing (People v. Krankel, 102 Ill. 2d 181, 464 N.E.2d 1045 (1984)), (3) the court failed to make an adequate record of its sentencing determination, and (4) defendant’s sentence was subject to double enhancement. We affirm. ¶4 I. BACKGROUND ¶5 On March 17, 2017, the victim, Dezmeion Poole, agreed to provide cannabis for defendant. Poole had previously sold cannabis and Xanax to defendant, who both used and resold the drugs. Antonio Ragsdale and Caston Rosa accompanied defendant to Poole’s apartment complex, but defendant entered the residence alone. During an altercation, defendant shot Poole, and Poole later died of his injuries. ¶6 On March 21, 2017, defendant was arrested in relation to a failure-to-appear warrant related to Sangamon County case No. 16-CF-666. Detectives suspected defendant was involved in the death of Poole. Therefore, they placed him in an interrogation room before he was booked into jail on the failure-to-appear warrant. Before questioning, detectives gave defendant Miranda warnings (see Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)). During the interview, defendant denied shooting Poole but admitted to purchasing drugs from him on March 17. After approximately five hours of questioning, the detectives left the room. While the detectives were gone, defendant placed a chair on the table and used it to climb into the ceiling. Officers pulled defendant out of the ceiling, and he fell to the floor and repeatedly asked the officers to kill him. The detectives terminated the interview and defendant was taken to the hospital. ¶7 After being released from the hospital, defendant was booked into the Sangamon County jail. The jail staff placed …
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