Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/22/1995

State v. Cook

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338 Md. 598
659 A.2d 1313
1995 Md. LEXIS 82

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noting that the judge, upon conducting a voir dire examination of the witness, may determine that the juror is unable to follow the court’s instructions
noting that the judge, upon conducting a voir dire examination of the witness, may determine that the juror is unable to follow the court's instructions
replacing seated juror with alternate after concluding seated juror could not follow court’s instructions
“Where there is enough support to find that the trial judge’s determination to remove a juror was not arbitrary, we should give deference to the trial court’s decision.”
“there is no reason to reverse a trial judge who excludes an individual juror unless the removal of the juror constitutes a clear abuse of discretion on the part of the trial judge or the defendant can demonstrate that he or she suffered some prejudice”
“substitution of an alternate juror did not place the defendant twice in jeopardy ‘because the unity of the original jury was not destroyed’” (quoting People v. Johnson, 200 Cal. App.3d 1553, 1563 (1988)); People v. Burgess, 206 Cal. App.3d 762, 766, (1988

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