People v. Brown

Following a bench trial, defendant, Deidre Brown, was convicted of two counts of home invasion and one count each of robbery and residential burglary, and was given concurrent sentences of six years for the two counts of home invasion and four years for robbery and residential burglary. Defendant raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether her sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated; (2) whether the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant was guilty on an accountability theory; (3) whether the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt…