Gravel v. State

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this case we are faced with the question of whether an inconsistency between jury verdicts requires a reversal when a subsequent verdict, proper in form, was rendered by the same jury.

Appellant was charged, under AS 17.12.010, with possession of stimulant drugs with intent to sell. After all evidence had been taken and arguments of counsel were completed, the jury was instructed and given the following verdict forms:

VERDICT NO. I “We, the Jury, duly impaneled and sworn to try the above-entitled cause, do find the defendant, Gordon J. Gravel, _ of the crime of…