People v. Wilson

Defendant, Howard Wilson, appeals the trial court’s second-stage dismissal of his second postconviction petition, arguing that (1) he was denied his right to conflict-free counsel in postconviction proceedings; and (2) his felony murder conviction should be reversed because the statute of limitations for the underlying felony had expired prior to the State’s charging him. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In July 1992, the State charged defendant with (1) three counts of first degree murder, alleging, in pertinent part, that on or about October 27, 1988, he killed Scott Alan Burton, Robert J. Webb, and…