NEW YORK — The jury hearing the Lillo Brancato second-degree murder case says it’s deadlocked 11-1.
Jurors returned home and were expected to resume deliberations Friday.
A mistrial was avoided earlier Thursday after it was discovered a juror had been taking notes on testimony and doing research on the case at home.
Brancato — who got his big break playing opposite Robert De Niro in the 1993 film “A Bronx Tale” and also is known for playing a wannabe mobster on “The Sopranos” — agreed to a substitution with an alternate juror.
Prosecutors say Brancato and an accomplice broke into an apartment next to a policeman’s home. When the off-duty officer went to investigate, the accomplice shot him in the heart.
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