A juror's question about attending sentencing, asked shortly after empanelment and entry of not guilty pleas, is capable of giving rise to a reasonable apprehension of prejudgment, and the failure to disclose such a communication to the parties constitutes a serious departure from prescribed trial processes amounting to a substantial miscarriage of justice that cannot be cured by subsequent judicial directions.
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