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PEOPLE v. WALKER

Docket No. 155198.

934 N.W.2d 727 (2019)

504 Mich. 267

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold Lamont WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Jon P. Wojtala , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Adrienne N. Young , Angeles R. Meneses , and Katherine L. Marcuz ) for defendant.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

At issue in this case is whether the trial court committed error requiring reversal when it gave an ad-lib deadlocked-jury instruction. We conclude that it did. The instruction given by the trial court lacked constructive advice to encourage further deliberation, omitted important safeguards of jurors' honest convictions...

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