The trial court properly discharged a juror, over objection, as grossly unqualified (CPL 270.35), after ascertaining that she was preoccupied with the health of her son, who had suffered a severe asthma attack the night before, requiring emergency room treatment, and whose condition had not improved because his medication was not working (see, People v Serrano,
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