Mr. Gonzalez was convicted of the first-degree murder of Steven Bauer, a police officer who was fatally shot during a bank robbery in 1992. The jury voted 7-5 to recommend a death sentence and he was condemned. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed his conviction but reversed his death sentence. After a new penalty hearing, the jury voted 8-4 to recommend a death sentence and Mr. Gonzalez was again condemned. This Court upheld that death sentence on direct appeal and Mr. Gonzalez filed his first post-conviction challenge in trial court. It was rejected and this appeal followed.