TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and two related firearms offenses. On appeal he argues that the trial court coerced the jury into a guilty verdict when, after the jurors revealed their numerical split, the court instructed them to decide the case "without other extraneous, irrelevant issues coming into play." We affirm.
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On the afternoon of July 23, 1996, sixteen...
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