State v. Taylor

544 So.2d 1387 (1989)

STATE of Mississippi

v.

Carl TAYLOR.

No. 59624.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 31, 1989.

Mack A. Bethea, Gulfport, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal of a grand larceny conviction presents a question of procedure regarding the handling of a verdict returned by the jury. Because below the jury returned in proper form a verdict of not guilty which the Circuit Court received and ordered filed, the accused…