People v. Stewart

In this cause, defendant, Raymond Lee Stewart, who is under sentence of death on two separate murder convictions, seeks reversal of the order of the circuit court of Winnebago County that dismissed his second set of post-conviction petitions without an evidentiary hearing. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Defendant’s convictions and sentences were previously affirmed by this court on direct appeal, and the United States Supreme Court denied review. People v. Stewart (1984), 104 Ill. 2d 463 (Stewart I), cert, denied (1985), 471 U.S. 1120, 86 L. Ed. 2d 267, 105 S. Ct. 2368; People v.…