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Franklin v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 3, 1972PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Commissioner.

Wallace H. Franklin and Marvin Mann were convicted on three counts of dwelling-house breaking, a crime denounced by KRS 433.180, and on one count of having in possession burglary tools, a crime denounced by KRS 433.120. Their sentences were fixed at three years on each count and ordered to run consecutively.

Several houses had been broken into in the Barkley Shores subdivision. Suspicion led people of the community to connect a blue 1963 Ford with the crimes. The car was seen near the home of Tom Lyons one Sunday morning when Lyons and his family returned from church. A…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hatton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  2. Arnold v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
  3. Rains v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  4. Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
  5. Commonwealth v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Skaggs v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  2. State v. BrownHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Standard v. BucknerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1977
  4. State v. Foster.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Skaggs v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985

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