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PEOPLE v. FRANCE

Docket Nos. 84104, 84324, (Calendar Nos. 56).

436 Mich. 138 (1990)

461 N.W.2d 621

PEOPLE v. FRANCE PEOPLE v. PANNELL

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, George B. Mullison, Prosecuting Attorney, and Martha G. Mettee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in France.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Joseph A. Puleo, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Pannell.

State Appellate Defender (by F. Michael Schuck) for the defendant in France.

State Appellate Defender (by Derrick A. Carter) for the defendant in Pannell.

RILEY, C.J.

We granted leave to appeal in these two cases, consolidated for purposes of this appeal, to review the strict rule requiring reversal of a conviction in the event of communication with a deliberating jury outside the courtroom and the presence of counsel.1

Communication with a deliberating jury is prohibited by MCR 6.414(A).2 Any communication...

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