GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a challenge to the district court's intervention during jury deliberation in defendant's trial for violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and (i). While loathe to permit trial judge interference with jury responsibilities, we are careful to preserve the judge's flexibility lest he be no more than a robed mummy presiding at trial. Here we find that the trial judge acted as an active, alert judicial...
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