Jury Instructions—Allen Charges

In analyzing a potential Allen Charge, this Court has concluded that a district court's instruction was not "objectionably coercive."  State v. Cline, 170 Mont. 520, 540, 555 P.2d 724, 736 (1976).  In State v. Bieber, 2007 MT 262, ¶ 65, 339 Mont. 309, 170 P.3d 444, this Court addressed whether a district court abused its discretion in "providing an Allen-type instruction after the jury was deadlocked."   This Court cited Cline and concluded "that the instruction given here was not objectionably coercive."  Bieber, ¶ 70.