Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The defendant maintains that he was deprived of a fair trial by reason of the trial court's conduct during the jury deliberations. We agree.
Following the trial court's jury charge and after the jury left the courtroom to deliberate, the trial court received a note from the jury indicating that "[t]here is a split of seven to...
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