KARWACKI, Judge.
We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to consider whether the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to answer a question from the jury, posed during deliberations, regarding the consequences of a "hung" jury. We shall hold that he did not.
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John Michael Mitchell, the petitioner, was charged with offenses stemming from the burning of his former girlfriend's residence. He entered pleas of not guilty and not criminally...
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