As the People concede, defendant is entitled to a new trial because the court provided written instructions to the jury, at its request, but over defendant's objection (see People v Johnson,
Because we are ordering a new trial, we decline to reach any other issues, except that we find that the verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of
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