Morgan v. State

Hall, Judge.

Each of the defendants was convicted and sentenced for five years and a $2,000 fine for the unlawful possession of marihuana, prohibited by the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (Ga. L. 1967, p. 325). Each appeals from the overruling of his motion for new trial.

1. The defendants enumerate as error the trial court’s failure to charge the jury, without request, that their verdict had to be unanimous. The record does not show that the jury’s verdict was not unanimous, and this, if true, could have been shown by the defendants exercising their right to poll the jury after the verdict and…