SMITH, Judge.
We reverse the appellants' burglary convictions because, at their joint trial, the court failed to comply with the jury's request for a recharge on a legal issue and because the court abused its discretion in failing to require an unrequested witness to testify prior to the state's other witnesses.
1. At about 2:05 p. m., while the jury was deliberating, the foreman told a bailiff that he wanted to ask the judge a question of law. At 2:10 p....
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