Legal Opinion

Scruggs v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 25, 1986No. 73283PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Willie Lee Scruggs brings this appeal from his convictions of rape and sodomy. Held:

1. Appellant’s first enumeration of error challenges the unanimity of the jury’s verdict. The record discloses that the first juror polled following the announcement of the verdict responded that the verdict returned in this case was not her verdict. However, at the end of the poll, this juror raised her hand and stated that she had not under stood the questions originally propounded to her by the court. She then affirmed that the verdict was her verdict and that she freely and voluntarily entered…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Milam v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Watts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  4. White v. Seaboard Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Ponder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Benefield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. Hanson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. Blackwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Willie Lee Scruggs v. Doug Williams, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  5. Benefield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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