State v. Mack

HILL, Judge.

Defendant brings forth four assignments of error on appeal. We have considered each and find the fourth assignment to be dispositive.

After having begun their deliberations, the jury returned to the courtroom and informed the court that it had not reached a verdict. Thereupon, the court said:

[N]ow ladies and gentlemen, the Court, as I have previously instructed you, is certainly not putting any pressure on you *128to change your minds, or to reach a verdict in this case. I would remind you, however, that if you do not decide this case, that twelve more jurors will have to decide it at…