OPINION OF THE COURT
CHAMBERS, J.
We hold in this case that the defendant's consent to allow the trial court to substitute an alternate juror for a deliberating juror who was ill was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily given. The trial court, which did not want to delay the proceedings any further, made the substitution upon the consent of counsel, before receiving the defendant's consent, because there was a delay in bringing the defendant to...
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