Judgment affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court coerced the jury into reaching a verdict through an unbalanced supplemental charge. After approximately 2½ hours of deliberation without reaching a verdict, a note was received which indicated that the jury would be unable to reach a unanimous decision. The trial court then gave a supplemental, or so-called "Allen" charge (see, Allen v United States,
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