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STATE v. FIGUEROA

919 A.2d 826 (2007)

190 N.J. 219

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert A. FIGUEROA, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara B. Liebman, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Theodore J. Romankow, Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Steven J. Kaflowitz, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Anthony J. Pope, Jr., Newark, argued the cause for respondent.

Justice HOENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1980, we announced guidelines to govern trial courts faced with the questions of whether and how to direct juries that had reported themselves to be deadlocked to continue their deliberations. State v. Czachor, 82 N.J. 392, 413 A.2d 593 (1980). In particular, we concluded that the charge then generally utilized was inherently coercive, and...

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