Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On the instant appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court committed various errors in its charge to the jury. We disagree. Specifically, the defendant initially argues that the trial court gave an improper "Allen" charge, before the jury even retired for deliberations, which carried a great potential to coerce jurors holding a minority position. Insofar as the court merely instructed the jurors to listen to each...
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