Opinion ID: 721421
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Peremptory Challenge Claim.

Text: 14 The appellants cite no authority on point to support their extraordinary contention that the alternate jurors who were first sworn and made regular jurors should have been removed from the twelve-member panel and included in the second alternate jury pool for the alternate selection process. Indeed, had the trial court agreed to such a procedure, it would have run afoul of Fed.R.Crim.P. 24(c), which prohibits the use of peremptory challenges granted specifically in connection with selecting alternates from being utilized to strike regular jurors. 10 Once the originally selected alternates were made a part of the regular jury, they lost their alternate status. Thus, the appellants' request for permission to use alternate peremptory challenges with respect to these jurors was improper and the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying it.