The court properly discharged a sitting juror as being grossly unqualified to serve. After a thorough inquiry, the court determined that the juror could not have remained impartial throughout jury deliberations, which were scheduled to begin the next day, since he would have been preoccupied with the disruption of his travel plans that would have occurred in the event that deliberations continued for more than one day (see, People v Sipas,
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