Macklin v. Commonwealth

LESTER, Judge.

This is a criminal case in which Larry Macklin appeals from a judgment convicting him of second-degree burglary. He alleges three grounds for reversal: (1) that the jury was not properly instructed; (2) that the court erred in refusing his request for a transcript of the first trial; and (3) that the court erred in overruling appel*541lant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds of former jeopardy.

On October 18, 1982, the Jefferson County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging appellant with second-degree burglary. On March 9,1983, a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to five…