State v. Jordan

Memorandum Opinion

Souter, J.

In this appeal from convictions for operating a motor vehicle after revocation and for disobeying a police officer, the *49defendant claims that the Superior Court (Morrill, J.) delivered an erroneously phrased instruction on avoiding jury deadlock, and compounded its error by so instructing the jury prior to any deliberation. Although we disapprove of the particular instruction, we affirm on the ground that it was not misleading in the context of the whole charge.

The substance of the instruction in controversy is given as New Hampshire Criminal Jury Instruction…