Ray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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1. ““Should you find from the evidence.. under the instructions, and beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant is guilty as charged of GRAND LARCENY after former conviction of a felony, you will so state in your verdict, and it will then be your duty to assess the punishment therefor within the provisions of the law as set out herein; but if you do not find beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant has heretofore been convicted of a felony, as charged in the information, set out herein, then you will find the defendant not guilty of GRAND LARCENY, after former conviction of a felony, and it will then be your duty to assess the punishment for the crime of GRAND LARCENY with the provisions of the law set out in.these instructions, and you will disregard that portion of the charge, alleging the commission of the crime ‘after former conviction of a felony.’ “However, if you are unable to agree upon punishment, after using your very best efforts to do so, so state in your verdict then you may leave the punishment to be assessed by the Court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howell v. State