Petkus v. State

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• a party may exercise an unused peremptory challenge at any time prior to the jury being sworn; this is so even if the main panel has been accepted, the parties are selecting alternates, and one party chooses to exercise an unused peremptory to a juror on the main panel
• a party may exercise an unused peremptory challenge at any time prior to the jury being sworn; this is so even if the main panel has been accepted, the parties are selecting alter nates, and one party chooses to exercise an unused peremptory to a juror on the main panel

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