Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action for murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, conviction is reversed and remanded for new trial where: 1) postsubmission replacement of a juror is permissible under limited circumstances and the decision whether to proceed in that manner is within the discretion of the trial court; and 2) the trial court abused its discretion in replacing a discharged juror with an alternate after deliberations began.

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• Decided 02/03/2005
• Published 02/03/2005

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• Supreme Court of Illinois

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