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PEOPLE v. COTTLE

No. S126550.

46 Cal.Rptr.3d 86 (2006)

39 Cal.4th 246

138 P.3d 230

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Kevin Lamar COTTLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor S. Haltom, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Matthew L. Cate, Janet E. Neely, Michael A. Canzoneri and Sean M. McCoy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

CORRIGAN, J.

Here we consider whether a trial court has discretion to reopen jury selection after the trial jury has been impaneled, but before alternate jurors are sworn. We hold that the trial court lacks discretion to do so under the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act (Code Civ. Proc., § 190 et seq., effective January 1, 1989)1 (Trial Jury Selection Act or Act).

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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