Before the trial court declared a mistrial at defendant's first trial, it considered the length of the jury's deliberation, the complexity of the issues, and the jury's categorical statement that it was deadlocked. Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declaring a mistrial over the defendant's objections where the sole issue was identification (see, Matter of Plummer v Rothwax,
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