Floyd Edward May, Sr., (Defendant) appeals from judgment convicting him of one count of first-degree statutory rape. We conclude that Defendant is entitled to a new trial because the State has failed to meet its burden to prove that the trial court's error in charging a deadlocked jury in violation of N.C. CONST. art. I, § 24 was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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