BRITT, Judge.
Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to order a mistrial for the reason that an alternate juror was present in the jury room with the jury after they began their deliberations. The assignment must be sustained.
The record discloses: The court concluded its charge to the jury at 11:35 a. m., instructed the jury to go to their room to deliberate on their verdict, and took a ten minutes recess. Immediately following the recess...
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