Harrell v. State

Smith, Judge.

Billy Ray Harrell was found guilty by a jury of burglary. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered thereon, contending in his sole enumeration of error that the trial court erred in requiring the jury to continue its deliberations after *687announcing a verdict. Because we find that the jury’s original published verdict was invalid, we find no error in the trial court’s instructing the jury to continue its deliberations. Finding no error, we affirm.

The trial transcript shows that after the jury informed the court it had reached a verdict, the jury was brought…