State v. Simmons

McMillian, Judge.

Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction for manslaughter and an eight (8) year sentence of imprisonment. For reversal he argues that the court erred in failing to order a new trial on its own motion inasmuch as a juror’s affidavit showed that the assessment of punishment was arrived at by a quotient verdict. We affirm.

Gratuitously we note that appellant’s allegation of error in his motion for a new trial was bottomed upon pressure and coercion being exerted against the juror; whereas appellant’s point of error on appeal complains of the quotient verdict because it…