State v. Murray

MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.

Defendant was convicted on proper bills of indictment of attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. On appeal he contends that the court erred in repeating a portion of its charge on conspiracy. The trial judge repeated the final mandate to the jury on the conspiracy charge, practically verbatim. He prefaced the repetition as follows: “Now, Members of the Jury, I’m going to summarize that charge to you again.” The record fails to disclose any prejudice to defendant by the repetition. There are many reasons why a trial judge may repeat a part of…