People v. Brown

Following a jury trial, the defendant Dennis Brown was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The defendant presents a single issue: whether he was denied “a fair and impartial jury when the trial judge interfered with the selection of an unbiased jury by ordering the first potential juror who admitted that he could not be fair to return to the courtroom and observe Brown’s trial to get an ‘education as to how the system works.’ ” The defendant asserts plain error. Because we find the defendant has…