Tucker v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Tucker cut the throat of his female companion, then took her automobile and watches. He was convicted of murder, motor vehicle theft and theft by taking, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, along with concurrent terms of years.

His sole enumeration of error contends that the trial court erred in propounding the jury poll questions.

“There is no uniformity in, nor statutory authority for, polling a jury although it is a material right derived from common law. White v. Seaboard C. L. R Co., 139 Ga. App. 833 (229 SE2d 775) (1976). The object of the poll is to ascertain before…