State v. Panker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is a direct appeal by defendant, Karla M. Panker, from a conviction for the sale of marijuana. The single issue on appeal concerns the events that transpired during the polling of the jury. After the jury had deliberated on the case they notified the court that they had reached a verdict. The jury returned to the courtroom where a verdict of guilty was read aloud by the court reporter. Immediately thereafter the jury was polled as to their individual votes pursuant to the request of defendant. During the polling, the following colloquy…