People v. Ramey

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, with a consecutive sentence for residential burglary to be served concurrently with a sentence for robbery. We affirmed the judgment on direct appeal (People v. Ramey, 240 Ill. App. 3d…