Roark v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

Appellant Franklin Roark, Jr., was convicted by a Campbell Circuit Court jury of burglary in the second degree,, robbery in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree. He was also found to be a persistent felony offender in the first degree and was sentenced to two concurrent enhanced sentences of life imprisonment. 1 He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

On November 29, 1997, the victim, N.T., was at home alone when she heard a noise that sounded like breaking glass. She later discovered that a basement window had been broken and…