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Cantrell v. State

Citations

  • 469 S.E.2d 660
  • 266 Ga. 700
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 1606
  • 1996 Ga. LEXIS 224

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that in certain circumstances refusing to accept a verdict on lesser charges yields same result as requiring unanimity on greater
  • explaining that Supreme Court had “no quarrel” with charge that jury “should not consider a lesser offense unless the defendant be found not guilty of the greater offense ... so long as the court does not insist upon unanimity and is willing to accept a verdict on the lesser charge”
  • “Verdicts acquire their legality from return and publication.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • cocaine possession and possession with intent to distribute
  • cocaine possession and possession with intent to distribute

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Judges: Thompson, Hunstein, Sears, Hun-Stein, Carley

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