STATE v. GORMAN


628 S.W.2d 739 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Lloyd B. GORMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

Jim W. Stambaugh, Morristown, for appellant.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The sole question on appeal before this Court concerns the effect of oral instructions to the jury made prior to the submission of the written charge. It was error for the trial judge to violate the requirements of T.R.Cr.P. 30(c) in failing to submit "every word" of his charge to the jury in written form. Even though error was committed, T.R.A.P. 36(b) provides that a final judgment will not be set aside unless that error more probably...

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