Tyson v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried before a jury and found guilty of the sole count of the indictment charging him with selling cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. His motion for new trial was denied and this appeal followed. Held:

1. In two related enumerations, defendant contends the trial court erred in giving and repeating an Allen (Allen v. United States, 164 U. S. 492 (17 SC 154, 41 LE 528)) charge. He argues that the charge given was coercive because “it could, and did, cause a juror to abandon an honest conviction for reasons other than the…