Emory v. State

I cannot agree with the majority opinion. In my mind there is a significant difference between a verdict finding guilt on the principal charge said to have included a firearm and a verdict that acquits on that charge., If he is acquitted on the charge of armed robbery, how can the jury’s answer to the possession part be dispositive of anything? When the jury acquitted on the armed robbery charge, the special interrogatory became immaterial. Moreover, the rule requires separate *92trials on the two charges, so it does not much matter whether the order is denominated a severance, a bifurcation or…