McDonald, Justice.
When a jury in deliberations communicates to a judge that they may be deadlocked, the judge has considerable discretion to give to the jury a supplemental instruction, known as a verdict-urging instruction, to encourage continued deliberations. The judge's decision to give a verdict-urging instruction will be reversed only where...
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