Myers v. State

I

This case presents questions concerning the authority of a circuit court to dismiss a juror at the end of the evidence but before the case is submitted to the jury and, more particularly, the responsibilities of this Court on appeal when the circuit court has dismissed a juror and called up an alternate. Because the juror failed on voir dire to give substantial, material information when asked a clearly worded question, and repeatedly so, we hold the circuit court acted within its authority in dismissing her.

We affirm.

II

A

On July 31, 1987, the Grand Jury of Scott County, Mississippi, charged…