Supreme Court of Connecticut July 31, 2001, SC 16038 (State v. Figueroa)

MCDONALD, C. J.,

with whom MULCAHY, J., joins, dissenting. Here, as in State v. Murray, 254 Conn. 472, 757 A.2d 578 (2000), a new trial has been mandated in the absence of a showing of prejudice from the substitution of an alternate juror because a juror could not continue deliberations. The result would be different in the federal courts in Connecticut; see United States v. Hillard, 701 F.