Order reversed, on the law, and proceeding remitted to the Criminal Term for (1) a hearing on petitioner's allegation that, during his trial, a court officer carried communications from the jury to the prosecutor regarding deficiencies in the presentation of the People's case and (2) a new determination.
This claim, while perhaps improbable, is not incredible as a matter of law; nor is it clearly refuted by the record (People v. Bagley,
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