People v. White

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court’s dismissal of the petitioner’s pro se post-conviction petition was proper.

Petitioner, Riccardo White, together with Philip Shaw, was charged by information filed in the circuit court of Cook County, with the murder of Edward Lewis. In separate, simultaneous trials, Shaw was tried before a jury, and the petitioner was tried in a bench trial. Both men were found guilty as charged.

In a joint appeal, both men contended that they were denied a fair trial. (People v. Shaw…