Opinion ID: 287677
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Heading: The Polling of the Jury

Text: 18 Appellant Coleman attacks the procedure by which a poll of the jury was taken by the clerk, pursuant to request of defense counsel after the foreman announced the verdict. 19 Mrs. Lillian Ansher was the first to be polled. The transcript shows the following: 20 THE DEPUTY CLERK: Lillian Ansher, what say you as to the defendant Frederick D. Bland on Count 1? 21 MR. SHORTER: Your Honor — 22 THE COURT: On this with respect to the defendant Robert Williams. 23 THE DEPUTY CLERK: Oh, just as to him only? 24 THE COURT: At the request of his counsel. 25 THE DEPUTY CLERK: Lillian Ansher, what say you as to the defendant Robert E. Williams on Count 1? 26 MRS. ANSHER: Guilty. 27 THE DEPUTY CLERK: What is the punishment? 28 MRS. ANSHER: Death — no. Life. [The poll as to Williams continued.] 29