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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

224 A.D.2d 635 (1996)

639 N.Y.S.2d 407

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Barry Johnson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 20, 1996

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant argues that the court coerced the jurors to reach a unanimous verdict by forcing them to continue their deliberations until they agreed. It is well established that the determination as to how long disagreeing jurors will be kept together and required to continue their deliberations is a matter of sound judicial discretion which, if not improvidently exercised, will not be disturbed (People v Sheldon,

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