Can a juror be excused from a trial where the juror's answer to a question was so equiviable that the jury was unable to hear it?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Caro, 248 Cal.Rptr.3d 96, 442 P.3d 316, 7 Cal.5th 463 (Cal. 2019):
People v. Rountree (2013) 56 Cal.4th 823, 847, 157 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 301 P.3d 150 [upholding juror excusal where answers could "hardly have been more equivocal"]; cf.
[7 Cal.5th 487]
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