Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion, and a new trial is ordered.
Approximately three weeks after the jury rendered its verdict in this case, the defendant moved to set aside the verdict on the ground that a number of jurors had consulted a map of the area of the crime scene which had not been admitted into evidence. After a hearing on the defendant's claim, in which all twelve jurors testified, the trial court denied the...
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