Defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the court's response to reports of alleged premature jury deliberations is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. We reject, as unsupported by the record, defendant's claim that the requirement of preservation should not apply because the suspected premature deliberations related to counsel's performance and allegedly placed counsel under a conflict of interest. Were we to review these claims, we would...
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