State v. Bolton

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions and held that the trial court acted within its discretion in stopping a jury poll after one juror expressed disagreement, allowing a break, and directing the jury to resume deliberations. The record did not show impermissible coercion because the court’s actions were neutral, the dissent arose early in the poll, the jury deliberated for approximately two additional hours, and the juror later affirmed the verdict. The court also rejected the unpreserved constitutional coercion claim under the third prong of Golding and declined to review the unpreserved claim concerning discontinuation of the jury poll.