Trial Judges Have Discretion to Replay Counsel’s Summations Upon a Jury’s Request

State v. Brown, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  Deliberating jurors often request that trial testimony be read back to them.  As Judge Sabatino noted n his opinion in this case today, the Supreme Court has held that “absent some unusual circumstance, those requests should be granted.”  But what is to be done when […]

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