At the close of the first day of deliberations, defense counsel requested that the jury be brought in and instructed not to deliberate outside the jury room. Despite counsel's insistence, the Trial Justice directed a court officer to inform the jury that they were not to discuss the case among themselves until their return to court the following morning. Upon this appeal, defendants contend that the court improperly delegated a judicial function, thus depriving them of their...
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