Franklin v. State

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Appellant, Marcus Antonio Franklin, was convicted in a bench trial of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug premises. His sole point on appeal is that there is insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions because there is no evidence linking him to drugs found in a house in which he was a joint occupant. We agree and reverse both convictions.

Franklin was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug premises. Two Little Rock detectives testified at his bench trial on…