Deliberations are entering their second day today in the felony corruption trial of the one-time Kings County Democratic Party boss, Clarence Norman Jr., after a Brooklyn jury concluded its first full day yesterday without a verdict.

Norman is accused of extorting and coercing two candidates for the countywide civil court bench, Karen Yellen and Marcia Sikowitz, to write checks to politically connected vendors by threatening to withdraw his crucial support if the women refused to pay his cronies. Defense lawyers don’t deny the basic facts but say Norman was trying to force the white candidates to campaign in black neighborhoods and hire political consultants he thought could win.

Atone point, the 12-member jury sent a note to Judge Martin Marcus asking the court to read back testimony and explain legal definitions of extortion and coercion.

Norman spent yesterday waiting for the verdict huddled with his family. He is facing his fourth corruption verdict in two years and is out on bail appealing a 2005 conviction of pocketing donations and soliciting illegal campaign contributions.