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Jurors in the bribery trial of Gilbert Baker enter their fourth day of deliberations this morning after asking Chief U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. for another day to consider the charges against the Republican former state senator.

In an effort Tuesday afternoon to avoid a possible hung jury in the bribery trial of former Republican state Sen. Gilbert Baker, Chief U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. took the unusual step of instructing the jury to get a good night's sleep and return to court this morning. The move is known as an "Allen Charge."

Jury deliberations in the bribery trial of former Republican lobbyist and state senator Gilbert Baker will resume this morning at 8:30 at the federal courthouse in Little Rock after the jury of eight women and four men recessed Monday without reaching a verdict.

After eight days of testimony, legal maneuvers and repeated instructions to the jury, the fate of former Republican party operative Gilbert Baker was placed in the hands of 12 jurors Friday afternoon, but no verdict will be rendered until sometime next week.

Just over an hour-and-a-half into the seventh day of testimony in Gilbert Baker's bribery trial, Baker's attorneys rested their case Thursday morning, making it likely that the case will be in the hands of the jury today.

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