Franks v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

William Jerome Franks, the appellant, was charged with first degree burglary in one indictment and with first degree sodomy and first degree rape in a second indictment. The indictments were consolidated for trial, and he was found guilty of all charges. Under each indictment, he was sentenced as a habitual offender and given life without parole. Two issues are raised on appeal.

I

Franks alleges that the trial judge erred and abused his discretion in denying defense counsel “access to the prior written statement of the prosecutrix for use in her cross-examination in a…