Is there any case law where a replacement juror has been found to have made a mistake by replacing a juror with a substitute juror?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, B281568 (Cal. App. 2018):
(1990) 218 Cal.App.3d 1477, 1487) or that the replacement juror "did not deliberate properly" (People v. Thomas (1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 1328, 1333).
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