Hoskins v. State

GUTHRIE, C. J., filed a separate concurring opinion. ROSE, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which McCLINTOCK, J., joined.

The appellant-defendant was tried before a jury on a charge of grand larceny. He was found guilty and sentenced. Amongst the instructions given by the trial judge before the jury’s retirement to deliberate was the following:

“In order to return a verdict, each juror must agree thereto. The jurors have a duty to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view to reaching an agreement, if it can be done without violence to your individual judgments. Each juror must…