People v. Redmond

This is an appeal from a circuit court order dismissing petitioner Derrick Redmond’s petition for post-conviction relief. After a bench trial, petitioner was convicted of murder and armed violence and was subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years on each count. Petitioner appealed these convictions, whereupon this court entered an order, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 23, vacating the conviction and sentence for armed violence but affirming the murder conviction. People v. Redmond (1984), 127 Ill. App. 3d 1162.

While his appeal was pending, petitioner filed a post-conviction…