People v. Von Perbandt

PRESIDING JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial defendant-appellant Mark Von Perbandt was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 60 years following his murder conviction in 1980. Defendant brought a direct appeal from that conviction; judgment and sentence were affirmed via a Rule 23 order (People v. Von Perbandt (1st Dist. 1982), No. 1 — 80—1962). In July of 1989, defendant filed, pro se, a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that the jury which convicted him had received improper instructions and that defendant’s trial counsel had denied defendant…