(DOWNLOAD) "North Carolina V. Mcneil" by Supreme Court of North Carolina * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: North Carolina V. Mcneil
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 14, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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At first this Court had difficulty in ascertaining the precise verdict rendered by the jury in this case. The original record filed here cites: "The jury return as its verdict that the defendant, Ernest McNeil, is guilty of the charge." The record further recites: "The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of life imprisonment." Subsequent to the filing of the original record, but before the oral argument, an addendum to the record was filed. The addendum contained the following: "The jury, for its verdict, returned into open court and announced that they had found the defendant guilty of rape with a recommendation of mercy. Upon the coming in of the verdict of guilty of rape, counsel for the defendant moved that the jury be polled. Whereupon the jury was duly polled, each juror entered for his verdict that he found the defendant guilty of rape." Both the original record and the first addendum were