US EditionNorth Carolina Court Says It’s OK to Swap Jurors While They Are Deliberating
- North Carolina's Supreme Court upheld Eric Ramond Chambers' 2022 murder conviction on Friday in Raleigh by a 5-2 vote.
- The Court reversed last year's Court of Appeals decision that overturned the conviction due to a jury substitution during deliberations.
- A 2021 state law allows an alternate juror to replace one who cannot continue after deliberations begin if deliberations restart fully.
- Chief Justice Paul Newby wrote, the 2021 law "provides critical safeguards" to keep the twelve-juror threshold sacrosanct and deliberations anew.
- The ruling implies such juror substitutions during deliberations comply with constitutional unanimity requirements despite dissent from two justices.
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North Carolina court says it’s OK to swap jurors while they are deliberating
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court on Friday left intact a murder conviction that a lower appeals court had thrown out on the grounds that a jury shake-up during deliberations violated the defendant’s rights and required a new trial. By a 5-2 decision, the state Supreme Court reversed last year’s decision of a state Court of Appeals panel that had sided with Eric Ramond Chambers, who has been serving a sentence of life in prison…
North Carolina court says it's OK to swap jurors while they are deliberating
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's highest court on Friday left intact a murder conviction that a lower appeals court had thrown out on the grounds that a jury shake-up during deliberations violated the defendant's rights and required a new trial.
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