Court Opinion

ID: 9598433
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:09:00.933682+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:41.734927
License: Public Domain

BURKE, Justice,
dissenting in part.
I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion that Judge Hanson’s response to the jury’s request for a playback constituted reversible error. Read in its entirety, I think Judge Hanson’s note made it clear that he was not refusing a playback, but only asking the jury to refine its request so as to point out the specific portions of the record as to which there was possible disagreement. Thus, I conclude that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt and would affirm appellant’s conviction.
Otherwise, I concur in the views expressed by the majority.