22-3421. Verdict, procedure. - Kansas Statutes

22-3421

Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 34.--TRIALS AND INCIDENTS THERETO

      22-3421.   Verdict, procedure.The verdict shall be written, signed by the presidingjuror and read by theclerk to the jury, and the inquiry made whether it is thejury's verdict. If anyjuror disagrees, the jury must be sent out again; but if no disagreement isexpressed, and neither party requires the jury to be polled, the verdict iscomplete and the jury discharged from the case. If the verdict is defectivein form only, it maybe corrected by the court, with the assent of the jury,before it is discharged.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3421; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 23; July 1.