Opinion ID: 2569354
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 19

Heading: Whether the trial court erred in failing to answer the jury's question about the requisite intent for the offense of attempted first degree murder of Jaquie Creazzo.

Text: The jury's first note to the judge requested clarification of the jury instruction on the attempted murder of Creazzo: Should this have read intended to cause the death of Jackie Creazzo. Could you please clarify for us. Before the judge could inform the parties of his intended response, the jury sent out a second note that they had figured it out, so no response was given to the jury. The wording of the first note indicated that the jury adequately understood the instruction, so there was no error in not answering the jury's question after it was withdrawn. Cf. Weeks v. Angelone, 528 U.S. 225, ___, 120 S.Ct. 727, 733, 145 L.Ed.2d 727 (2000).