State v. Mims

Rogosheske, Justice.

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 revers,e 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.…