Legal Opinion
State v. Murray
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 5, 2000No. SC 16236PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The dispositive issues in this appeal are whether: (1) the trial court violated General Statutes § 54-82h (c)2 when it substituted an alternate juror for a regular juror after deliberations had begun; and (2) such violation is subject to harmless error analysis. We *475conclude that the mid-deliberation substitution of an alternate juror violates § 54-82h (c), and that harmless error analysis does not apply.
Following a jury trial, the defendant, Tyson Murray, was convicted of attempted murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 58a-54a,3 and assault *476in the first…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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