State v. Shaw

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant, without citation of authority, contends that the trial judge erred by refusing to grant his motion to allow his counsel or his counsel’s representative to be present during summoning of the jury.

The regular panel of jurors was exhausted at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the second day of the trial. The trial judge thereupon ordered the Sheriff to summon ten supplemental jurors to report for service at two o’clock p.m. on that day.

G.S. 9-11 (a), in part, provides:

“Supplemental jurors; special venire.— (a) If necessary, the court may, without using the jury list, order…