Strother v. State

Appellant was convicted of violating the prohibition statutes, and prosecutes this appeal. The record presents for our review several unnumbered written requests for charges asked by defendant, which were refused by the court. We review them seriatim as they are set out in the record:(1) First. “Unless every member of the jury is convinced by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt, they must acquit.” It would be trite to observe that a verdict requires unanimity; yet that is precisely what is involved in this charge, for it predicates an acquittal upon the reasonable…