California Court of Appeal October 31, 2001, B146784 (People v. Renteria)

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Defendant appeals his carjacking and robbery convictions. He raises three issues, but we need only discuss one, since that one requires reversal. The trial court substituted in an alternate juror to replace a juror who was ill, but failed to give the newly constituted jury the mandatory instruction that it disregard its previous deliberations and begin deliberations anew.