Legal Opinion
Cantrell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1996No. S95G1603PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Cantrell v. State, 217 Ga. App. 641 (459 SE2d 564) (1995), to answer this question: When a jury states it has reached a verdict of guilty on an unindicted lesser offense that is included within an indicted offense, and the jury further states that it is unable to agree on the indicted offense, is it error for the trial court to reject the verdict and require the jury to reach agreement on the indicted offense before rendering a verdict on the lesser included offense?
Cantrell was indicted and tried for possession of cocaine…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- State v. OgdenCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1978
- Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
- People v. RayMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Kunselman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
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