People v. Cunningham

Following the affirmance, on appeal, of his conviction and subsequent sentence for an extended term of 70 years for murder, 30 years for attempted murder, and 15 years for attempted armed robbery, petitioner, Bennie Cunningham, filed a post-conviction petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq. (now codified, as amended, as 725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1992))) alleging that his constitutional rights were violated during his trial and direct appeal in that: (1) the wrong constitutional standard was applied in assessing the…