Opinion ID: 1196732
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Heading: the allen instruction

Text: Appellant claims the giving of the Allen charge constituted reversible error. An Allen charge is appropriate as long as it stresses that each juror must conscientiously adhere to his own honest opinion. Basurto v. State, 86 Nev. 567, 472 P.2d 339 (1970). We have previously held that the Allen charge may be given either as an initial instruction or as a supplemental one. Redeford v. State, 93 Nev. 649, 651 n. 1, 572 P.2d 219, 219-220 n. 1 (1977); Azbill v. State, 88 Nev. 240, 495 P.2d 1064 (1972). The trial judge did not improperly instruct the jury by reading the charge as an initial instruction. For the above reasons we affirm. GUNDERSON, MANOUKIAN and BATJER, JJ., and FONDI, District Judge, [1] concur.