Wilson v. State

Appellant argues three assignments, the first two of which are that the verdict was insufficient to support a judgment of guilty, and that the court erred in entering judgment on the verdict. The verdict of the jury was in the following words: “We the jury agree that the defendant is guilty as charged.”

The general rule, as found in the texts, is that ordinarily the verdict is sufficient in form if it expresses the intent of the jury so that the court can understand it, 22 Eng. PL & Pr., p'. 891; or that the test of the validity of a verdict is whether or not it is an intelligible answer to…