SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
During its deliberations in this second-degree murder case, the jury sent the court a written note via the bailiff seeking "examples" of acts done with "ill will, hatred, spite or an evil intent." With the concurrence of both sides, the trial judge, who was absent from the courtroom at the time, conferred with counsel by telephone and, as the attorneys also agreed, ordered the bailiff to type and transmit to the jury the innocuous response that...
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