Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, James Tenner, brings this appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. Because the defendant received the death penalty for the underlying first-degree murder convictions, the present appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a).
The circumstances of the defendant's offenses are fully set forth in...
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