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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 525 S.E.2d 263
  • 338 S.C. 66
  • 1999 S.C. App. LEXIS 184

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that defendant’s failure to request that the trial judge investigate allegations that a juror was asleep during trial “waives any complaint on appeal”
  • finding the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to dismiss a “sleeping’’ juror where the judge observed the juror and did not believe him to be sleeping, but merely listening with his eyes closed
  • “Misconduct of a juror is ‘a fact to be determined by the trial judge from the circumstances’ of each case.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Connor, Goolsby, Anderson

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