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People v . Cobian , 2012 IL App (1st) 980535

Appellate Court Caption THE PEOPL E OF THE STATE OF I L L I NOI S, Plaintiff-Appe l lee, v. I SRAELSANDOVAL

COBIAN, De fenda

nt-Appellant.

District & N o. First District, F irst Division Docke t No. 1-98-0535

Filed August 27, 2012

Held (Note : Thi s syl lab us

con s t it ute s no par t of the opi nio n of the cour t but has bee n pre

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. ) Defen d an t ’s conviction in absentia for first degree murder was upheld wher e the admo n i s h m en ts he rec eived about a trial in absentia wer e sufficie nt to all o w s uch a proce eding
, but the denial of hi s motion for a

new trial was vacated and the cause wa s re m an ded for an evidentiar y hear ing on that motion to deter mine whether his absenc e was not his fault and wa s due to circ umstances be yond his control.

Dec ision Under Review Appea l from the Circuit Court of Cook County
, No. 96-CR-28 4 0 7 ; the Hon. J ames B . L inn, J udg e, pre siding.

J udg ment Affir med in part, va cate d in part, and r emande d with directions.Counsel on

Appea l Michae l J

. Pelletier and Peter Sgr o, both of State Ap pellate Def ender ’s Offic e, of Chica g o, for a

ppellant.

Anita M. Alvare z, State’s At torney , of Chicag o (Alan J

. Spellberg
, Anthony M. O’B rien, and Matthew Connors, Assistant State’s Attorney s, of counse l), for the People.

Panel PRES I DI NG J USTI CE HOF FMAN delivere d the judgme nt of the court, with opinion. J ustices Hall and Roc hford c oncurr ed in the judg ment and opinion.

OP INION

¶ 1 The defe ndant, I srae l Cobian, ap p ea l s fr o m h i s j ury trial conviction and subseque nt sentenc e for first-degree murder. On appea l, he argues that his conviction should be reve rsed beca use (1) the trial court err ed in trying him in absentia without proper admonishments; (2) the trial court failed to inquire into a possible conflict betwee n him and his counsel; and (3) his counsel re ndere d ineffe ctive assistanc e by failingto file a motion for a new tria l on the basis that the defendant’s absence from trial was not his fault. For t he reasons t hat foll ow,
we aff irm the d ef

en d ant’s orig inal conviction. Howeve r, we conclude that the defe ndant prese nted a reque st for a new trial and that the circ uit court failed to hold a statutorily require d hea ri n g o n t h e reque st. We there fore vacate the circ uit court’s reje ction of his reque st f or a new trial and rema

nd with instructions that the circ uit court conduct a hear ing on that issue. ¶ 2 On Octobe r 28, 1996, the de fenda nt and two other men w ere arr aigned in ca se number 96-26150. The underlying indictments do not appea r in the rec ord o n appea l. The men wai v ed formal rea ding of the charg es, which wer e described in open court as “first degree murder, et cete ra.” During the arr aignment, the trial court judge stated, “Ge ntlemen, I want to advise eac h of you if at some future date you fail to appea r here we can g o ahea d without you. You’d be g iving up your rig ht to confr ont the witnesses ag ainst you. Do you understand that? ” The transcr ipt states that all three defe ndants indicated that they understood. The trial judge later noted his understanding that a fourth defe ndant had been char g ed in the case and that a new indictment would be returne d on November 6. The rec ord on appea l includes that new in d i ct m ent, which charg ed the defe ndant and three others with first-degree murder in

case number 96-28407. The new indictment was tender ed to the defe nse in o p en co u rt on November 6, but the transcript of that proce eding does not indicate that any new admonishments were g iven to the def endant. ¶ 3 Although the defe ndant made court appea ranc es befor e his trial beg an, he did not a ppear at the time of his trial. After a hearing to deter mine whether the defe ndant’s absenc e was

-2-willful, the trial court allowed the defe ndant’s trial to proce ed without him. At the trial, the

evidenc e showed g ener ally that the defe ndant helped a cohort obtain a gun that was used in

a g ang -motiv a

te d murder. After the defe ndant was found guilty in absentia
, he was sentenc ed to 50 y ear s’ imprisonment. A notice o f ap p ea l wa s filed in the case , but the appea l was dismiss ed in 1999. ¶ 4 In 2004, the defe ndant ap p ea re d i n co u rt

. At an initial appea ranc e, the following exchang e took place betwee n the def endant a nd the trial cour

t: “THE COU RT: You have a lawyer to he lp you with this?
THE DEF ENDAN T: Ihad. THE COURT: Who was it?
THE DEF ENDAN T: J ack Rodgon. [ Rodgon was t he attorney who re prese nted the defe ndant duringhis trial in absentia .] THE COURT: J ack Rodg on? THE DEF ENDAN T: Yes. Your Honor, I probably need another one, if I can g et an appea l or something. THE COURT: What happene d?
THE DEF ENDAN T: He told me to leave

. THE COURT: You ar e kidding . He’ s g ot a marijuana case , too, Ibelieve. This is what I am g oing to do

. W ar ra n t s are executed. This man was tried and sentenc e[d] i n a b s en t i a as to this marijuana case and you are unadjudicate d. He was
arr aig ned.” The c ourt then continued the case so that Rodgon c ould appea r on the de fenda

nt’s behalf

. ¶ 5 At a J anuar

y 2005 hear ing, the trial court noted that the defe ndant had filed a “motion for new tria l,” and his attorne y responde d that the def

ense was “alleg ing a

failure to inform of trial in absentia ” and had g otten “some of the transcript s

. ” T h e ca u se was there afte r continued. At a Marc h 2005 hear ing, Rodgon noted that he had filed a motion for a new trial based on “[n] o war

nings,” and the cause was ag ain continued. No mo t i o n fo r a new trial appea rs in the re cord on a

ppeal. ¶ 6 At t h e S ep t em b er 2005 hearing on the defe ndant’s motion for a new trial, the par ti es disputed whethe r the defe ndant’s trial in absentia admonishments wer e sufficie nt, both beca use the admonishments the defe ndant rec eived wer e incomplete and beca use he did not

rec eive a dmonishments afte r he was reindicted. During argument, Rodgon mentioned that the def endant wa s not present at trial, and the followingexchang e ensue d: “THE COU RT: W hy ? MR. RODGON: Be cause he wa sn’t– THE DEF ENDAN T: Iwas runningfor my life. MR. RODGON: I f you want to inquire a s to that– THE COURT: I ’m askingyou. You’re askingfor a n extraordinary

reme dy here

– MR. RODGON: No, I ’m not. I ’m askingyou to follow the law.

-3-THE COURT: And that would involve what I would consider to be an extraordinary

reme dy

. *** It’s a person that was tried in absentia
, found guilty of first degree murder, found some y ear s later afte r he was sentenc ed in absentia
, and now he wants a new trial beca use it’s somebody ’s fa

ult other than his own why he wa sn’t there .” At that point, defe nse counsel explained the defe ndant’s claim that he was “running for [hi s] life”: “[The def

endant] was a State’ s witness involving a murde r ca se. *** Subsequent to his testimony
, he g oes on trial in this case

. * * * [T] here wer e death threats floating a

round all over .” ¶ 7 When the defe ndant interjec ted to plead for a chanc e to prese nt his case to the judge , the colloquy continued as f

ollows: “THE COU RT: You had a c hance to be in front of not only a judg e but a jury

. THE DEF ENDAN T: Ididn’t g et the cha nce to c hoose. I

left. I rec ognize that. THE COURT: You took off on your own, right?
THE DEF ENDAN T : Be ca u s e I told you, I fea red for my life. They killed my g irlfriend. Someone killed my g irlfriend a

block awa

y from my house–
THE COURT: Y ou purposely didn’t come to cour

t, is that what you’re telling me? Now y ou’re caught here and you have a jail sentence and now you want to g o [t o] t rial ag ain and you purposely

didn’t come to cour

t, is that what you’re telling me, sir? MR. RODGON: Iwould say that he wa s afr aid– THE COURT: I s that what you’re saying? You purposely didn’t–
THE DEF ENDAN T: Itold y ou I fea red f or my life, your Honor. THE COURT: So y ou didn’t come to cour t. You went somewhe re e lse.
THE DEF ENDAN T: Ithought– THE COURT: Where did you g o?
THE DEF ENDAN T: Ithought– THE COURT: Where did you g o? THE DEFENDA

NT: I thought that afte r the trial, y ou know, what rea lly happene d would come to float– THE COURT: Where did you g o? Where did you g o?
THE DEF ENDAN T: People, you know– THE COURT: Where did you g o? MR. RODGON: J udg e, is it fair for you to question him?
THE COURT: He started the colloquy

. I will respe ct your position. I will not talk to him. MR. RODGON: Whatever he say s will not be real he lpful–
THE COURT: Her e is what happene d. A person is under indictment. He is on bond for murder. He is admonished about trial in absentia

. Whatever rea sons, he makes his

-4-own j udg ment to not appea r at his trial, g ets convicted in his absenc e. He was well repr esente d by

more than c ompetent counse l ***. ***
I don’t find that now beca use afte r things didn’t work out on his trial in absentia and he g ets caught later by

the police, not that he ever surre ndere d himself, he wants a new trial–” ¶ 8 Ba sed on this rea soning, the trial court denied the defe ndant’s motion for a new trial. The trial court, however, stated that it would consider grantingthe defendant a new sentencing hear ing. In so stating, the court ex p lained that “eve n though it was all his fault what happene d here ,” the c ourt would consider a new hearing “ based on the i ntere st of j ustice.” At a later status hear ing, the trial court instructed defe nse counsel to file a motion for a new sentenc ing hear ing; the court said that it would “strong ly consider” the motion and reiter ated that it was conce rned about “the total interest of justice.” At a hearing the next day
, the State objected that the defe ndant should not rec eive a new sentenc ing hearing unless he could first d emonstrate that his failure to appea r was not his fault and that his failure to ap p ea r wa s
cause d by fac tors beyond his control. The court responded that it would conduct a hear ing to consider the defe ndant’s evi dence in mitigation and then “dete rmine in the interest of justice [whether] he’s entitled to relief or not.” The cause there afte r proce eded to a new sentenc ing he aring

. ¶ 9 During the new sentenc ing hearing, the defe ndant t es t i fied that he went to Mexi co for

seven year s following his murder conviction and had been in the United States for eig ht months until he was arr ested and returne d to I llinois

. At the end of the hearing, the trial court sentenc ed the de fenda

nt to 48 y ear s’ imprisonment. ¶ 10 In September 2009, our supreme c ourt issued a supervisory order direc ting us to allow the defendant to re instate the direc t appea l that was dism issed in 1999. The supreme court stated that the defe ndant’s reinstated appea l could challeng e his new sentenc e as well as his 1998 conviction. We understand this to allow our revie w of all o f t h e p ro cee dings below, including the trial court’s ruling on th e d ef en d an t’s reque st for a new trial, and we now undertake that re view. ¶ 11 The defe ndant’s first argument on appea l is that th e t ri al co u rt er red in trying him in absentia in 1998, be cause he did not rec eive pr oper a dmonishments. A criminal defe ndant has a constitutional rig ht to be prese nt at al l s t age s of trial and to confr ont the witnesses ag ainst him. People v. Smith
, 188 I ll. 2d 335, 340 (1999) (citing U.S. Const., amend. VI , and I l l

. C o n s t. 1970, art. I , § 8). Although a defe ndant’s voluntary absenc e from trial may b e construed a s a wa iver of those rig hts, I llinois law requires that a defenda nt be admonished of this conseque nce. People v. P h i l l i p s , 242 I ll. 2d 189, 194-95 (2011). The require d admonishments are contained in section 113-4(e ) of the Code of Criminal Procedur e of 1963 (Code) ( 725 I L CS 5/ 113-4(e ) (West 1998)), which provides a s follows: “I f a defe ndant pleads not guilty
, t h e court shall advise him at that time or at any later court date on which he is pr esent that if he esca pes from custody or is rele ased on bond and fails to appea

r i n court when require d by the court that his failure to appea r would constitute a waiver of his rig ht to confr ont the witnesses ag ainst him an d t ri al could proce ed in his absenc e.”

-5-¶ 12 The defe ndant argues that his admonishments wer e insufficient for two rea sons. First, the

defe ndant asser

ts that the admoni s h m en t s g iven to him wer e incomplete. Howeve r, only substantial compliance with section 113-4(e ) of the Code is require d to al l o w a trial in absentia

. People v. Liss , 2012 I L App (2d) 101191, ¶ 17. T h e d ef en d ant agree s that the question of whether a set of admonishments satisfies the Code is an i s s u e of law, to be revie wed de novo

. Cf. Phill ips , 242 I ll. 2d at 194 (question of whether a defenda nt waived his admonishment rights wa s an issue of law to be re viewed de novo ). ¶ 13 In argu in g th a

t h is a d monishments wer e incomplete, the defe ndant notes that section 113- 4(e) states t h at a defe ndant should be advised both that “his failure to appea r would constitute a waiver of his right to conf ront the witnesses ag ainst him” and that “trial could proce ed in his absenc e.” H e then obse rves that the a dmonishment here state d only that, “if at s ome futu re d at e y o u fa il to appea r here we can go ahea d without you” and “[y]ou’d be g iving up y o u r ri ght to confr ont the witnesses ag ainst you.” Ba sed on this, the defe ndant argues that his admonishments wer e incomplete beca use th ey m en t i oned only his rig ht to confr ont witnesses and did not specific ally state that “trial” could g o forwa rd in his absenc e. We disag ree with the defe ndant’s position that the admonishments did not advise him of the possibili ty of trial g oing forwa rd without him. Although the admonishing judge did not use the word “trial,” he did say , “we can g o ahea d without you.” In t h e co n t ex t o f a pretria l hear ing, the se words a

re nothingif not a re fer ence to a trial. ¶ 14 The second rea son the defe ndant argues that his admonishments wer e insufficient is that they took place during his arr aignment on a previous indictment, which was later superc eded by an indictment cha

rg ing the same crime but a dding a new codef endant. Acc ording to the defe ndant, section 113-4(e ) require s that he be admonished at an arr aignm en t or later proce eding on the indictment at issue. On this point, we find guidance in People v. Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d 144 (1993), a decision the State cited t o t h e t rial court and cites to us. In Lawt on , the defen d an t received admonishments the day afte r his arr est, but those char g es
wer e nol-prossed. Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. The char g es wer e later reinstated, but the defe ndant was not admonished ag ain. See Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. We nonetheless reje cted the defe ndant’s argument that he should rec ei v e a new trial based on the lack of admonishment. We r easone d first that the defe ndant had in fac t been prese nt at his tria l, so that “the unfairne ss [section 113-4(e )] was desig ned to preve nt did not occur .” Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. We then addre ssed another decision, People v. Thomas
, 216 I ll. App. 3d 4 0 5 (1 9 9 1 ), a case in which the defe ndant’s sentenc e, imposed in absentia
, was vacated beca use he rec eived no admonishments. We distinguished Thomas on the g round t h at , in Lawt on , “the court war

ned the defe ndants that they would waive their rig hts if they did not appea r.” Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. “F urthermor e,” we reiter ated, “the defe ndant was prese nt for his entire tr ial and sente ncinghearing.” Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. ¶ 15 The d ef

en d an t as k s that we limit Lawt on to the proposition that a defe ndant is not prejudice d by failed admonishments wher e he actua lly attends hi s trial. We agree with the defe ndant that this l ack of prejudice seems to have been the primary rea son for Lawt on ’s reje ction of that defe ndant’s admonishment arg ument. Howeve r, Lawt on also relied on the idea that its defe ndants had, in fac t, rec eived a war ning. The same is true here. Rega rdless of whether the defe ndant rec eived a war ning specific ally tied to the indictment that underla y

-6-his conviction, he did rec eive a war ning that he co u l d b e tried in absentia for exactly the

same criminal conduct. That is all that is require d to meet the purpose of the admonishment statute. As Lawt on explained, section 113-4(e ) is desig ned to ensure th at a d efe ndant is informed of the conseque nces of his failure to appea r, so that a trial in abse ntia will not be held unless the defen d an t validly waives his rig hts. Lawt on , 253 I ll. App. 3d at 149. The defe ndant here was advised of the co n s eq uence s of his failure to appea r in proce eding s related to the killing for wh i ch he was convicted. We think this sufficie nt to validate his waiver and leg itimi ze the trial that was held i n his absenc e. As a result, we reje ct the defe ndant’s argument that he did not rec eive th e admonishments nece ssary for his trial to proce ed in his absenc e. ¶ 16 The defe n d an t ’s s ec o n d argument on appea l is that this case should be rema nded for further proce eding s beca

use the trial court failed to inquire into a possible conflict of interest betwee n him and his counsel. Acc ording to the defe ndant, a possible conflict arose when the defe ndant first rea

ppear ed befor e the court and stated that he might need a new attorney beca use Rodgon, the attorney

who re prese nted him or igina lly
, “told [hi m] to le ave.” In the defe ndant’s view, this statement raised the p o s s i b ility that he would seek to excuse his absenc e from trial by arguing that it was cause d by Rodgon’ s poor advice
, and Rodgon could not prese nt that argument himself without a conflict. Howeve r, the defe ndant’s own statements at later hear ings belie this argumen t

. At a later proce eding
, the trial court questioned the defe ndant direc tly re garding his absenc e from trial, and the defe ndant attributed hi s absenc e ex clusi v el y t o his fea r of death threats. Further, when t he trial court asked the defe ndant whether he left “on his own , ” t h e defe ndant tacitly acc epted the trial court’s premise, and responde d, “[b] eca use *** I fea

red for my life.” These statements direc tly contra dict the defe ndant’s ear lier claim that he left on advice of counsel. Be cause the defe ndant persona lly disavowed his claim that his ab s en ce was attributable to bad advice from Rodgon, we cannot now acc ept h i s p o s i t ion that a conflict preve nted Rodgon from prese nting that c laim. ¶ 17 The de fenda

nt’s final ar gument on appea l is that his c ounsel was ineffe ctive for failing to file a motion for a new trial pursuant to section 115-4.1(e ) of the Code (725 I L CS 5/115- 4.1(e) (West 2004)), which allows a defe ndant to obtain a new trial or sentenc ing hearing if he can establish that his failure to appea r in court wa s b o t h wi t h o ut his fault and due to circ umstances beyond his c ontrol. “[A]n ac cused is e ntitled to capa ble leg al repr esentation at trial.” People v. W

iley
, 165 I ll. 2d 259, 284 (1995). Under the two-par t test articulated in Strickland v. W

ashington
, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a defe ndant alleg ing ine ffe ctive assistanc e of counsel will preva il only wher e he is able t o show that (1) counsel’s perf ormanc e fell below an objective standard of rea sonablene ss; and (2) there is a rea sonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional err ors, the result of the proce eding would have been differ ent. People v . Albanese , 104 I ll. 2d 504, 525 (1984) (a dopting Strickland ). ¶ 18 Acc ording to the defe ndant, althoug h Rodgon filed a motion for a new trial, he based his motion entirely on an insufficient admonishment argument and failed to raise any section 115-4.1(e ) argument. The defe ndant contends that this omission prejudice d him, beca use it preve nted him from prese nting his explanation that he missed his trial in order to evade death threats. W e disagree

.

-7-¶ 19 On the first Strickland prong , we note that the actua l motion for a new trial d o es not

appea r i n the record on appeal. W ithout seeing the m otion filed on the defendant’s behalf, we have difficulty agree ing with the defendant that t h e mot ion demonstrates his counsel’s ineffe ctiveness. In any event, on the second Strickland prong , even if we wer e to assume that counsel failed to pr ess this argument, and eve n if we w ere to a ssume further that counsel’s failure constituted substandard perf ormanc e, we see no rea sonable probability that the err or chang ed the result of proc eeding s below. As the St ate points out in its brief, the defe ndant argued at some leng th in open court that his absenc e was not his fault but rathe r was cause d by his flee ing from death threats he had rec eived. Thus, reg ardle ss of what Rodgon included in his written motion, the defe ndant’s excuse wa s p rese nted to the trial court. Even afte r hear ing that excuse, the trial court conclude d that the defe ndant’s absenc e was his fault, and it ref used to g rant him a new trial. As a result, any substandard repr esentation by Rodgon did not chang e the result below, and we reje ct the defe ndant’s argument to the contra ry

. Be cause the def endant c annot meet both prong s of the Strickland test, his ineffec tive-assistance -ofcounsel a rgument fails. ¶ 20 As an adjunct to his ineffe ctive-a ssistance argument, the defendant also asser ts that he

was entitled to an evidentiar y hearing on his claim that his absenc e was p re ci p i t ated by fac tors outside his control, namely
, his compulsion to flee from death threats. To support his position that he is entitled to a n evidentiar

y hearing to de termine if a new trial is war rante d under section 115-4.1(e ) of the Code, the defe ndant cites People v. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d 776 (1984) (abr og ated o n o t h er grounds in People v. Partee , 125 I ll. 2d 24 (1988))

. In Brown , the defe ndant was tried and convicted in absentia
, and a timely appea l was filed on his behalf

. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 777. L ater that same y ear , t h e d ef en dant was appre hended and taken to court, wher e his counsel filed a section 115-4.1 reque st for a new trial. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 777. The trial judge stated that the defe ndant was entitled to

an evidentiar

y heari n g, but the judge conclude d that he had lost jurisdiction over the case when the previous notice of appea l was filed. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3 d at 7 7 7 -7 8

. The defe ndant filed a second notice of appea l from that judgme nt. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 778. After disposing of the jurisdictional question using reasoning that was later overruled (se e Partee , 125 I ll. 2d 24), the Brown court reje cted the State’s argument that, beca use there was
overwhelming evidenc e of the defe ndant’s wilful absenc e prese nted befor e trial, he should not rec eive a h ea ri n g. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 778-79. The court rea soned that “[s] ubsection (e) clea

rly require s that wher e a defe ndant * * * appea rs befor e the court he ‘must’ be g rante d” re lief if he can establish a valid excuse. Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 779. “A hear ing on the defe ndant’s reque st ‘must’ be held.” Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 779. The court concluded, “[ d]efendant has never persona lly participated i n a hearing to prese nt his version of why he was absent,” and “he is entitled to do so.” Brown , 121 I ll. App. 3d at 779. ¶ 21 In its brief on appea l, the State d o es n o t ask that we depar t from Brown , nor does it contend t h at a defe ndant is not entitled to an evidentiar y hearing on a section 115-4.1(e ) reque st, so that the defe ndant and the State may prese nt evidenc e regard ing whether the defe ndant’s absenc e was his fa ult or was the result of circ umstances beyond his control. Instead, the State asser

ts tha t the defe ndant’s excuse was a “non-star ter,” and for support it cites to two decisions in which we aff irmed circ uit court finding s that simil ar excuses wer e

-8-insufficient. See People v. Rey na , 289 I ll. App. 3d 835, 838 (1997); People v. Dev oe , 163 I ll.

App. 3d 855, 858 (1987). In his reply brief, howeve r, the defe ndant acc urate ly identifies the probl em wi t h t h e State’s authority

. In both of these case s, the defe ndant observe s, the defe ndant had a hear ing on his claim befor e the circ uit court reje cted it. Her e, the defe ndant has had no hear ing. Wit hout such a he aring , which under Brown is statutorily require d, we cannot uphold the circ uit court’s finding

. Be cause the circ uit court reje cted the defe ndant’s reque st for a n ew t rial without providing him an evidentiar y hearing, we must vacate the circ uit court’s ruling on that point and rema nd with instructions that the defe ndant be g rante d an evide ntiary

hearing. ¶ 22 For the fore g oing rea sons, we af fi rm the defe ndant’s conviction in absentia
, but we

vacate the circ uit court’s reje ction of h is section 115-4.1(e ) motion for a new trial. We

rema nd the cause with instructions that the co u rt conduct an evidentiar y hearing on the defe ndant’s section 115-4.1(e ) motion to deter mine whether his absenc e both wa s n ot his fault and w as the re sult of circumstanc es beyond his control.

¶ 23 Affir

med in part, va cate d in part, and r emande d with directions.

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