SANDERS v. STATE

No. A00A1109.

534 S.E.2d 173 (2000)

243 Ga. App. 725

SANDERS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

April 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Francis Stubbs, Reidsville, for appellant.

J. Thomas Durden, Jr., District Attorney, Joe G. Skeens, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

A Tattnall County jury found state inmate Larry Sanders guilty of aggravated assault arising from an incident in which Sanders stabbed another inmate with a "shank." In his sole enumeration of error, Sanders contends that the verdict form used by the trial court improperly gave the jury the choice of "guilty" before "not guilty" and, therefore, did not conform with Sanders' presumption of innocence. However, a jury's task is to decide whether the...

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