Opinion ID: 2995095
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Heading: Resulted in either a conviction or

Text: an acquittal, and the subsequent prosecution is for the same conduct, unless each prosecution requires proof of a fact not required in the other prosecution . . . . In an unpublished opinion, the Illinois Appellate Court rejected Tezak’s argument that sec. 5/3-4 barred state prosecution, noting that Tezak’s participation in the PIC arson was used in the federal prosecution for sentencing purposes only in the Galaxy Bowl arson, and that dismissal of the PIC charges did not meet the conviction or acquittal requirement for the purposes of sec. 5/3-4. See People v. Porter, 620 N.E.2d 381, 384 (Ill. 1993) (holding that the absence of one of the four requirements under 720 ILCS 5/3-4(c)(1), (1) federal or sister state prosecution must be former prosecution, (2) former prosecution must have resulted in acquittal or conviction, (3) both prosecutions must be for same conduct, and (4) proof of every required fact of one of the prosecutions must be required in other prosecution, renders sec. 5/3-4(c)(1) inapplicable). Tezak also seems to be arguing that Popuch should have discussed the fact that state prosecution would have been barred by sec. 5/3-4 if he had been convicted or acquitted of the PIC arson. This argument makes no sense because throughout the record, it is clear Tezak wanted the PIC charges dropped. All of Tezak’s arguments on this issue are without merit. Jeopardy does not attach to charges dismissed as part of a plea agreement. See United States v. Garner, 32 F.3d 1305, 1311 n.6 (8th Cir. 1994) (listing cases). Nor does ignorance of a possible state prosecution implicate the double jeopardy clause, see United States v. McKinley, 23 F.3d 181, 185 (7th Cir. 1994), even though there was evidence in the record that Tezak was aware of the possibility of additional prosecution.