People v. Hampton

The defendant, Lloyd Wayne Hampton, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. In his post-conviction petition, the defendant requested vacatur of his guilty plea and sentence. Because the defendant was sentenced to death for the underlying murder conviction, he appeals directly to this court. 134 Ill. 2d R. 651(a).

Our prior opinion in this case contains a detailed recitation of the facts. (People v. Hampton (1992), 149 Ill. 2d 71.) We repeat only those facts germane to the issues in the post-conviction petition.

On February…