People v. Gregory

The defendant, Hubert Gregory, and his accomplice, Leroy Dixon, were indicted for the armed robbery of Ben Polisky and for the armed robbery and murder of his nephew, William Polisky. The cases against the two defendants were severed. Gregory waived a jury trial, was found guilty of the three crimes and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 to 15 years for the armed robberies and 30 to 60 years for murder. Dixon subsequently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 to 30 years for murder.

Gregory contends that the trial court erred in holding him accountable for Dixon’s actions; that the court…