State v. Corsaro

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This appeal raises the issue of whether it is proper in a criminal case to substitute a juror after a partial verdict has been returned and to allow the reconstituted jury to reach a final verdict on remaining charges. The Appellate Division, in an unreported opinion, affirmed such a final verdict convicting defendants for various gambling offenses. The Appellate Division stressed that defense counsel requested the substitution of an alternate juror after the original jury had returned a verdict on some but not all of the charges. The…