Dearman v. State

Defendant was tried by the court sitting without a jury on a three count affidavit charging (1) Robbery; (2) Inflicting Injury in Robbery; and (3) Carrying a Pistol Without a License. Found not guilty on counts two and three, he appeals from a ten-to-twenty-five year sentence imposed following conviction of the robbery charge. His appeal presents issues centered upon his allegations of (1) insufficiency of the evidence, and suppression of evidence by the prosecutor; (2) inadequacy of post-conviction representation by his court-appointed trial counsel and by counsel appointed to take this…