People v. Hickey

Defendant, Arthur Dale Hickey, appeals an order of the circuit court of Will County dismissing his amended post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing and denying defendant’s requests to review and to test certain evidence. Because defendant was sentenced to death for his underlying murder conviction, his appeal lies directly with this court. See 134 Ill. 2d R. 651(a). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court’s orders.

BACKGROUND

This court has previously set forth the evidence presented at defendant’s trial in our opinion on defendant’s direct appeal. See People v.…