State v. Franklin

WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, Jr., Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Ceddrick Franklin, appeals from the judgment and sentence after a jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree, two counts of robbery in the first degree, two counts of burglary in the first degree, two counts of forcible sodomy and four counts of armed criminal action. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

In September 1997, Anthony Cooper and James Howard were at Ronnie Golden’s residence. Howard told Cooper he wanted to rob Cornelius Payne. Howard also stated that Payne would have to be…