§ 1-34 Verdict Form

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§ 1-34 Verdict Form

State v. Covert, 382 S.C. 205, 210, 675 S.E.2d 740, 743 (2009) ("In this case, the jury was given a verdict form which tracked the provisions of the trafficking statute, but did not specifically allow the jury to return a 'not guilty' verdict. We agree with Judge Anderson that this was error and hold that henceforth, any verdict form given to a jury for use in a criminal case must specifically include as an option 'not...