Franklin v. State

685 N.E.2d 1062 (1997)

Melvin T. FRANKLIN, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 49S05-9707-CR-00412.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 8, 1997.

Kurt A. Young, Nashville, for Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Attorney General, Andrew L. Hedges, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Following defendant Melvin T. Franklin's arrest on drug charges, the trial court placed him on home detention with electronic monitoring. Following a bench trial, the court convicted Franklin of Dealing in a Narcotic Drug, a class B…