The Appellate Division, First Department, split 4 to 1 Tuesday in affirming a manslaughter conviction over defense objections that the trial judge’s deadlock charge had a coercive effect on two holdout jurors.
The Bronx jury in People v. Morgan, 1762/08, deliberated for more than eight hours over two days in the murder trial of Patrick Morgan before saying it was deadlocked, according to briefs.
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