People v. Ambrose

The defendant, Clay Bum Ambrose, was charged by indictment with the conspiracy to commit an armed robbery at the R. C. Cola. Company in Pioneer Park, of Peoria County, between October 27, 1971, and December 9, 1971. He was convicted after a jury trial and sentenced to 3 to 5 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

In this appeal from his conviction the defendant claims that he was not convicted of conspiracy to commit armed’'robbery beyond a reasonable doubt. He bases this contention on the allegation that the State failed to adequately prove that there was an agreement or common design…