United States Court of Appeals

For the Seventh Circuit

Chicago, Illinois  60604

November 25, 2009

Before

RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge

DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge

JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge

Nos. 08‐1466, 08‐1608, 08‐1616, &

08‐1617

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff‐Appellee,

v.

DAREKHAYNES,BRODERICKJONES,

EURAL BLACK, and BRENT TERRY,

Defendants‐Appellants.

Appeals from the United States District

Court for the Northern District

of Illinois, Eastern Division.

No. 1:05‐cr‐70

Ronald A. Guzmán,

Judge.

O R D E R

On October 30, 2009, counsel for Defendant‐Appellant Brent Terry filed a Petition for

PanelRehearing whichcontainedTerry’spro sePetition forRehearingWith Suggestion for

Rehearing En Banc, as an attachment, and we will consider it as being incorporated by

reference.

On September 17, 2009, this panel affirmed Terry’s convictions. One of Terry’s

arguments on appeal was that a fatal variance existedbecause the evidence was insufficient

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION

To be cited only in accordance with 

Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
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to prove that he participated in any part of the charged conspiracies other than the

Townsend ripoff at 87th and Michigan. We held that the evidence was sufficient to allow

a reasonable jury to find him guilty of the conspiracies with which he was charged. In

addressing the substantial evidence that supported this conclusion, the opinion discussed

and quoted an October 7, 2004, recorded conversation between Broderick Jones and Terry

in which Jones said, “you good. . . . I’m thinking like damn, that man got a demo,” to which

Terry responded, “Which, which one you talking about?” We concluded that Terry’s

question implied that there were several “demos” and thus supported the inference that

Terry participated in more than one ripoff. This conclusion rested on the view that “demo”

meant criminal activity. However, in discussing thatOctober 7th conversation,the opinion

statedparenthetically atpage 20 that “(Jones testifiedthat‘demo’ meant criminal activity.)”

Terry and his counsel in the petitions for rehearing correctly note that Jones did not testify

at trial.

Terry seeks rehearing by the panel, contending that this error may have affected the

analysis of the sufficiency of the evidence as related to his variance claim. Though the

opinion incorrectly attributed this explanation for the term “demo” to Jones, the record

nonetheless readily supports a reasonable inference that “demo” as used in the context of

this recorded conversation meant “criminal activity.” This factual error did not affect this

court’s conclusion that there was sufficient evidence to establish that Terry participated in

the conspiracies alleged in the indictment and that his participation went further than the

Townsend ripoff. The opinion discusses the evidence, including other recorded

conversations between Terry and Jones, telephone records reflecting phone calls between

Terry and Jones the day of the July 21 attempted ripoff, and Terry’s participation in the

Townsend ripoff with Flagg, which supports Terry’s conspiracy convictions.  Therefore,

the opinion issued on September 17, 2009, is now amended as follows:

The parenthetical at slip op. 20, line 18 is corrected to read “(The record supports a

reasonable inference that “demo” as used in this context meant “criminal activity.)”

Terry’s incorporated pro se Petition for Rehearing With Suggestion for Rehearing En

Banc (which, as noted, was attached to his counsel’s Petition for Panel Rehearing), adds

nothing to counsel’s petition that would warrant panel rehearing. Accordingly, Terry’s

Petition for Panel Rehearing submitted by counsel is denied.

There is some confusion regarding Terry’s intention with respect to his pro se Petition

forRehearingWith Suggestion forRehearing En Banc. Apparently, Terry sentthat petition

to his counsel, but there is no indication that Terry sent the petition to or filed it with the
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court. However, his counsel may have believed that it was filed, based on their statement

that counsel’s Petition for Rehearing “supplements” Terry’s pro se petition on one limited

issue (presumably the “demo” matter) but that it does not “supersede” the pro se petition

on any other ground. The point of mentioning this is that in addition to seeking panel

rehearing, the pro se petition also suggests rehearing en banc, whereas counsel’s petition

did not.

This raises the question of whether Terry’s pro se petition should be accepted and filed

by the Clerk. It was received by Terry’s counsel prior to the extended deadline for filing a

petition forrehearing, and perhaps Terry thought by sending it to his counsel that it would

be filed with the court. According to an affidavit attached to a motion to extend the time

forfiling a petition forrehearing, Terry’s counsel had notified him that they did not intend

to file a petition for rehearing on his behalf. The affidavit further notes that counsel had

advised Terry that he had the option of filing a pro se petition for rehearing. And, in fact,

the pro se petition, or at least a copy of it, was received by the Clerk before the expiration

of the time for filing a petition for rehearing because it was attached as an exhibit to

counsel’s timely Petition for Panel Rehearing. To eliminate any confusion about this, we

direct the Clerk to accept and file the copy of Terry’s pro se Petition for Rehearing With

Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc attached to his counsel’s Petition for Panel Rehearing.

We deem the pro se petition to be timely. To the extent that the pro se petition seeks panel

rehearing, it has already been denied through this order. It will be further considered only

insofar as it suggests rehearing en banc and the Clerk is directed to distribute copies of the

pro se petition to the members of the court. The time for consideration of the suggestion

for rehearing en banc under the Operating Procedures of the court will begin on the date

of distribution.