Benefield v. State

602 S.E.2d 631 (2004)

278 Ga. 464

BENEFIELD

v.

The STATE.

No. S04G0664.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 2004.

Reconsideration Denied October 12, 2004.

Barry V. Smith, Bret Eugene Rudeseal, Rome, James C. Bonner Jr., Sarah L. Gerwig, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Bryant Gordon Speed, II, Dist. Atty., Charles Stephen Cox, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Benefield v. State, 264 Ga.App. 511, 591 S.E.2d 404 (2003), to determine whether a criminal defendant's right to a poll of the jurors was violated when the trial court received a…