Legal Opinion

Robinson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 1, 2006No. A06A2426PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Maurice Lamar Robinson appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of cocaine. He claims the trial court erred when, instead of accepting the jury’s first of three verdicts as an acquittal, the court found the verdict was unclear and instructed the jury to resume deliberations to clarify the verdict. For the following reasons, we find no error and affirm the judgment entered on the subsequent guilty verdict accepted by the trial court.

Robinson was indicted and tried before a jury on the charge of possession of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Wade v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. State v. FreemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Loftin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Maltbie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Newsome v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  2. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. Devin Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  4. Wehman Newsome v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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