People v. Holman

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendants, Holman, Farrow, and Dunn, guilty of robbery. Each of the three defendants was sentenced to a term of four to 12 years in the penitentiary. A coindictee, Steven Jackson, pled guilty to robbery and was sentenced to three to nine years in the penitentiary. Jackson is not a party to this appeal.

On appeal, Holman and Farrow contend that they were deprived a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel when the court failed to sever their case from that of Dunn, and failed to appoint separate counsel.…