MYERS v. STATE

No. 07-KA-59090.

565 So.2d 554 (1990)

Billy MYERS, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.

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...

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