State v. Burton

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed September 21, 1982, affirming- a judgment of conviction, and order denying a motion for a new trial of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Robert W. Landry, Circuit Judge. The issue raised on review is whether the circuit court judge’s entries into the jury room and comments to the jury outside the presence of the defendant and defense counsel constitute grounds for a new trial in this case. We conclude that the circuit court judge’s actions constitute constitutional error, but the error in this case was harmless…