State v. Gatlin

While appellant brings to this Court, and discusses in brief filed here, many assignments of error, based upon exceptions appearing in the case on appeal, the one focused on exception to the verdict is well taken, and sufficient to upset the judgment from which the appeal is taken, and to require a venire de novo. S. v. Lassiter, 208 N.C. 251, 179 S.E. 891; S. v. Cannon, 218 N.C. 466, 11 S.E. 2d 301; S. v. Hill, 224 N.C. 782, 32 S.E. 2d 268; S. v. Yow, 227 N.C. 585, 42 S.E. 2d 661; S. v. Ellison, 230 N.C. 59, 52 S.E. 2d 9.

“A verdict is the unanimous decision made by the jury and reported to…