Alford v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Craig Alford, Donnie Hartman, and Johnny Hartman were tried jointly and convicted of several counts of aggravated assault and armed robbery. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing one of the jurors and replacing him with an alternate juror. Appellants claim that their due process rights and their right to a fair, representative, and impartial jury were violated by *235the dismissal and substitution. Because we conclude the trial court made an informed finding that the juror was incapacitated, we affirm.

The evidence at trial, taken in the…