STATE v. MURRAY

(SC 16236)

254 Conn. 472 (2000)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. TYSON MURRAY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released September 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Drager, senior assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant). Timothy J. Sugrue, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, and Warren Maxwell, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

McDonald, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Sullivan and Vertefeuille, JS.


Opinion

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issues in this appeal are whether: (1) the trial court violated General Statutes § 54-82h (c)2 when it substituted an alternate juror for a regular juror after deliberations had begun; and (2) such violation is subject to harmless error analysis. We conclude that the mid-deliberation substitution of an alternate juror violates § 54-82h...

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