State v. Paul Bedell

The defendant, Paul Bedell, appeals his convictions on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(l) (2007). The defendant argues that the Superior Court (Born,stein, J.) erred when, on the second day of trial, it dismissed a juror after it erroneously concluded that the juror could no longer be impartial. We affirm because we conclude that, although error, the juror’s dismissal was not prejudicial because an impartial jury ultimately rendered the verdict in the defendant’s case.

The record supports the following facts. During jury selection for the defendant’s…