People v. Dickens

This is an appeal from a judgment entered, on a jury verdict, by the circuit court of Madison County against the defendant, Dennis Dickens, for armed robbery and the imposition of a sentence of 4 to 6 years in the penitentiary.

The defendant contends, first, that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because he did not commit an overt act in furtherance of the armed robbery and because he was not accountable for the actions of the co-defendants; secondly, that he is entitled to a new trial because he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the trial due to a conflict of…