Govan v. State

Near the commencement of its opinion today the majority states, “This Court granted appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review to determine whether the court below erred in affirming the trial court’s decision to overrule appellant’s objection that the trial court’s charge to the jury failed to apply the law of parties to the facts of the case.” (Emphasis supplied.)

In concluding and supposedly answering appellant’s contention, the majority states, “the error of the trial court in charging on the law of parties was harmless error.” (Emphasis supplied.) Thus there seems a gap between…