At the start of trial, one of the selected jurors failed to appear. When a telephone call was placed to the missing juror's home, it was learned that the juror and his wife had left their home (also in The Bronx) at 9:30 A.M. for an unknown destination. When the juror still had not appeared at 11:35 A.M., the court discharged him and substituted an alternate, over defense objections. The record shows that the Trial Judge made a reasonable attempt to ascertain the whereabouts...
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