The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in not granting a mistrial and/or failing to set aside the judgment of conviction based upon a telephone conversation being had by one of the jurors in contravention of section 421 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. When this matter first came before this court in 1971, a determination was withheld and the case remitted to the trial court for the purpose of holding a hearing and rendering a decision based...
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