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LILLO JURORS SAY THEY’RE DEADLOCKED

The jurors weighing the fate of two-bit actor Lillo Brancato in the shooting death of an off-duty cop said last night they were deadlocked.

After deliberating for five hours, the jurors sent Bronx Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus a note that read, “We, the jury, are deadlocked, 11 to 1.”

Marcus responded by telling them to go get a good night’s rest and resume deliberations in the morning.

A mistrial had been avoided earlier in the day after it was learned that juror Marvin Gittens, 63, had taken notes on testimony and researched the case at home.

Brancato accepted an alternate as a replacement juror. His consent was required because the jury had started deliberating the day before.

Gittens was unapologetic.

“I was writing notes,” the married nursing-home engineer and father of two explained to The Post at his Bronx home. “I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. Everyone else was.”

He said he made up the cheat sheet for the other jurors to help quell the anger that erupted when deliberations began on Wednesday.

“My biggest mistake was that I typed them up,” Gittens said.

Prosecutors say that Brancato and Steven Armento broke into a Bronx apartment next to the home of Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui in December 2005, and that when the cop investigated, Armento shot him.

denise.buffa@nypost.com