Here is link to advanced opinion of Connecticut Supreme Court decision finding no error where trial judge excused the foreperson during deliberations:
http://jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR315/315CR12.pdf
A juror accused another juror (the foreperson) of refusing to speak with other jurors, sitting away from a table where the jury was assembled, and commenting that she was just there to observe. (How did this person become the foreperson???) Eleven jurors confirmed in questioning by the judge that the foreperson was not participating in deliberations. The foreperson had also speculated that witnesses were bribed, of which there was no evidence.
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