The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's mistrial motion made after two jurors reported that a spectator had accosted them and unsuccessfully sought their opinion of the case, and that this communication had caused them some discomfort. After a thorough inquiry of these two jurors as well as of the remaining jurors, who had learned of this incident, the court properly determined that no significant communication had taken place and that the incident...
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