PEOPLE v. HARMAN

Docket No. 78-475.

98 Mich. App. 541 (1980)

296 N.W.2d 303

PEOPLE v. HARMAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Rita Chastang, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Domnick J. Sorise, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant on appeal.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and M.F. CAVANAGH and W.A. PORTER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant was charged with and convicted by jury of larceny from a person in violation of MCL 750.357; MSA 28.589. Following sentence, defendant appeals as a matter of right.

The defendant contends that the trial court's instruction to the deadlocked jury was coercive and constituted reversible error. The court made the following statements in its instruction:

"[I]n order to return a verdict, each juror must agree to it. Each juror...

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