Jerry's Journal

People v. Dennis, 2011 IL App (5th) 090346 (August 31, 2011).

The defendant, Brian L. Dennis, appeals from his conviction for armed robbery with a knife of the manager at the Times Square Liquors store. He was found guilty by a jury sitting in the circuit court of Jefferson County and was sentenced to an eight-year term of imprisonment. He raises only two issues on appeal: whether the circuit court erred in denying his motion to dismiss based on the violation of his statutory right to a speedy trial when that trial was delayed as a result of his motion to substitute judges and whether the circuit court erred in allowing into evidence a video recording and still photographs made from the surveillance cameras operating at the liquor store that he was charged with robbing. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Tags: Criminal Procedure