State v. Nelson

In State v. Nelson, 304 N.J. Super. 561, 701 A.2d 726 (App.Div.1997), the trial judge received a note that the jury was deadlocked. Id. at 563, 701 A.2d 726. The Court held that while it was appropriate for the judge to send the jury back out to deliberate, imposition of a forty-five minute deadline before the judge would declare a mistrial, and then delivery of a verdict within that time frame clearly was coercive. Id. at 566, 701 A.2d 726.