William Riley Gaul v. Tennessee
DueProcess
Whether a jury's positive finding of guilt in one count of a multiple count presentment is mutually exclusive from its illogical, but positive finding of guilt in another count of the presentment
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether ajury’s positive finding of guilt in one count of a multiple count presentment is mutually exclusive from its illogical, but positive finding of guilt in another count of the presentment meets the question left open in Powell of “the proper resolution of a situation where a defendant is convicted of two crimes, where a guilty verdict on one count logically excludes a finding of guilt on the other” may be reviewed If the answer to the preceding question is in the affirmative, what relief may be afforded a criminal defendant in a multiple count presentment where all counts are interdependent