Anderson v. State

CARR, Judge.

Count one of the indictment in this case charged the defendant with carnal knowledge of a girl over twelve and under sixteen years of age.

On the trial the jury returned the following verdict: “We, the Jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in Count One of said indictment, /s/ Yancy Hartzog, Foreman.”

This was in response to the oral instructions of the trial judge in which he stated: “This jury isn’t clothed with the right or the responsibility of saying what punishment shall be visited upon this defendant in the event he is found guilty. That is a responsibility which the…