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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

No. 2-820 / 09-1231  
Filed November 15, 2012

STATE OF IOWA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

CURTIS ANTOINE MILLER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Kristin L. Hibbs (Watson hearing) and Robert E. Sosalla (trial), Judges.  

Curtis Miller appeals his conviction for felony involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death.  REVERSED AND REMANDED.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Rachel C. Regenold, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kyle Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, Jerry Vander Sanden, County Attorney, and Nicholas Maybanks and Laurie Craig, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Heard by Danilson, P.J., and Tabor and Bower, JJ.
  
TABOR, J.
This appeal raises questions of jury separation and juror substitution.  Facing charges of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death, Curtis Miller stood trial for nearly three weeks.  After the jury began its deliberations, the district court approved a juror

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