State v. Reynolds

DONOFRIO, Chief Judge.

On October 24, 1967, appellant Gene Reynolds went to trial for three counts of forgery. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the information for the crime of Forgery, Counts One, Two and Three. The trial court submitted to the jury two forms of the verdicts. Omitting the formal parts, they read as follows:

FIRST FORM

“We, the jury, duly empaneled and sworn in the above entitled action, upon our oaths, do find the defendant guilty of the crime of Forgery, Counts I, II, and III.”

SECOND FORM

“We, the jury, duly empaneled and sworn in the above entitled action,…