People v. Easley

Defendant, Ike Easley, Jr., petitioned the circuit court of Livingston County for post-conviction relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1998)). The circuit court dismissed defendant’s petition without an evidentiary hearing. Defendant appeals directly to this court. 134 Ill. 2d R. 651(a). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Defendant was charged with conspiring to murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 2(c), 9 — 1(a)) and with murdering (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1), (a)(2)) the victim, Robert Taylor, who was a superintendent at the…