State v. Guytan

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• recognizing that an alternate juror inserted into the deliberative process may lack the opportunity to fully participate and obtain the benefits of prior deliberations
• holding that the trial court's failure to instruct the jury to restart deliberations after replacing a juror 30 minutes into deliberations was harmless error, in part because the reconstituted jury deliberated for 5 hours before reaching a verdict
• holding that the trial court's failure to instruct the jury to restart deliberations after replacing a juror 30 minutes into deliberations was harmless error, in part because the reconstituted jury deliberated for 5 hours before reaching a verdict
• recognizing that arguments not raised in an opening brief are waived
• stating that the defendant’s awareness that gang-related facts would be presented at trial was not notice that State would seek to enhance sentence based on gang involvement
• holding an issue raised for the first time in the reply brief is waived

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