Burchett v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• upon return of incomplete or inaccurate verdict, trial court may provide supplemental instruction and require that the jury retire to consider further its verdict
• “Once a jury is discharged, it cannot reassemble if the jurors have separated and have left the presence of the courtroom.” (citing Denham v. Commonwealth, 84 S.W. 538 (Ky. Ct. App. 1905))
• “Although a trial court has the authority before accepting a verdict and before discharging a jury to send it back to correct a mistake in its verdict, it is axiomatic that an ambiguous or incorrect verdict must be corrected prior to the time the jury is discharged.”

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