Ransey v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary and sentenced to serve ten years in the Nevada State Prison, his sentence was then suspended and he was placed on probation. He now contends that the district court erred (1) by inquiring into the numerical division of the jury and (2) by giving a coercive jury instruction commonly known as the Allen 1 charge.

During the course of the jury’s deliberation, the foreman reported to the court that it was unable to reach a verdict. The jury returned to the courtroom, where the trial judge instructed the foreman to reveal…