Franklin v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Ricky Lee Franklin appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of burglary. He was sentenced to forty years imprisonment. He raises two points on appeal: (1) an insufficient foundation was laid by the State for the admission of two pieces of physical evidence; and (2) the evidence was insufficient to corroborate the testimony of an accomplice in that it failed to independently connect Franklin with the crimes. The points are meritless, and we affirm.

On July 22, 1991, Franklin was charged with committing thirteen burglaries in Lonoke County. The…