UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal involves the effect upon the validity of a verdict of a communication by the trial court to the jury in the absence of the parties.
Charged with second-degree burglary, a felony under sections 713.1 and 713.3, The Code 1979, defendant Jack Louis Dreessen pleaded not guilty and stood trial. The jury retired to deliberate at 11:30 a. m. on February 14, 1980. At 4:10 p. m. that day, the jury forewoman sent the District Judge the...
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