North Carolina Criminal Law Blog

Suppose a juror falls ill during the second day of deliberations following a two-week trial and is unable to continue her service.  What are the trial court’s options?

A. Replace the juror with an alternate juror.

B. Declare a mistrial.

C. Either A or B, in the trial court’s discretion.

This post summarizes published criminal decisions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on August 3, 2021. As always, these summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to present.