by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
If the jury render a verdict not in form, the court may, with proper instructions as to the law, direct them to reconsider it, and it cannot be recorded until it be rendered in some form from which it can be clearly understood what is the intent of the jury. R.L.1910,...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
When there is a verdict of conviction in which it appears to the court that the jury have mistaken the law, the court may explain the reason for that opinion, and direct the jury to reconsider their verdict, and if, after the reconsideration, they return the same...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
On an indictment or information against several, if the jury cannot agree upon a verdict as to all, they may render a verdict as to those in regard to whom they do agree, on which a judgment must be entered accordingly, and the case as to the rest may be tried by...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
The jury may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense.R.L.1910, § 5923.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
Whenever a crime is distinguished into degrees, the jury, if they convict the defendant, must find the degree of the crime of which he is guilty. R.L.1910, § 5922.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Oklahoma
A general verdict upon a plea of not guilty, is either “guilty”, or “not guilty”, which imports a conviction or acquittal of the offense charged. Upon a plea of a former conviction or acquittal of the same offense, it is either “for the...
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