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• Title: State v. Henry Lucius Mims
• Author : Supreme Court of Minnesota
• Release Date : January 07, 1975
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 62 KB

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The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether in a criminal case any communication between the trial judge and the jury
relating to the case occuring during the judge's uninvited entry into the jury room during the jury's deliberations and in
the absence of defendant and counsel constitutes reversible error. We hold that it does and reverse defendant's conviction. Defendant was charged and tried by jury for the crime of aggravated robbery under Minn. St. 609.245 for the theft, while
armed with a revolver, of a television set and $24 belonging to one Hampton Jones. Upon submission of the case, as the record
strikingly reveals, the jury was confronted with the difficult task of finding the true facts of the occurrence giving rise
to the charge by resolving the direct conflicts between the testimony of Hampton Jones, who claimed he was the victim, and
defendant, who denied such claims. The jury retired for deliberations at 12:04 p.m. At 1:50 p.m., the jury returned for additional
instructions, which were properly given in the presence of defendant and counsel. At 2:09 p.m., the jury resumed its deliberations.
At 4:15 p.m., the judge, without request or invitation of the jury and out of the presence of defendant and counsel, entered
the jury room. The following exchange occurred between the judge and Mr. Bryan, the foreman of the jury:

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