Schlemm v. Cowen

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 2000, petitioner, Jimmie Lee Schlemm, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus (735 ILCS 5/10—101 through 10—137 (West 1998)), alleging that his imprisonment was unlawful and seeking his release from the Illinois Department of Corrections. The trial court later denied the petition. Petitioner appeals, and we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In December 1978, a jury convicted petitioner of two counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9—1) and two counts of concealment of a homicide (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par.…