PEOPLE v. RAMEY

No. 1-07-2217.

913 N.E.2d 670 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee, v. John RAMEY, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Rebecca I. Levy, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez, State's Attorney, James E. Fitzgerald; Amy Watroba Kern and Haley Peck-Assistant State's Attorneys, Richard J. Daley, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the second-stage dismissal of defendant John Ramey's successive petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2002)). Following a jury trial presided over by Judge Robert J. Collins, the defendant was convicted of the murder, residential burglary, and robbery of Sylvia Wilson. He was sentenced to natural life in prison for murder,...

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