People v. Dockery

Defendant Ronnie Dockery was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Following a bench trial, he was found guilty and sentenced as an habitual criminal to a term of natural life in the custody of the Department of Corrections. On appeal, he contends that (1) the circuit court found him guilty of simple possession rather than possession with intent to deliver; (2) his trial counsel labored under a conflict of interest by jointly representing both him and his codefendant brother; and (3) the State failed to prove that he knowingly possessed a controlled…