complex and highly charged case, it may not be enough he appears to have pulled the gloves on council during oj simpson's lengthy murder trial, ten regular jurors were dismissed for failing to disclose something allegedly passing a note or considering a book book deal, or simply telling the judge i can't take it anymore ten alternate took their place. what happens if the trump trial runs out of alternates would be up to the defendant whether or not he would want to consent to a verdict with 11 jurors, but i don't believe that he would do that in this case. and you would have a mistrial. >> the alternate are always in court during think the actual trial, but don't join the final deliberations unless they're needed. what happens if a regular juror has to leave the case during deliberations. >> what happens then is the real jury has to basically start over there deliberations. they have to deliberate as though they hadn't done the deliberations they'd done with the first with the original juror and start over with the alternate juror. >> what's the best advice for an alternate juror? trial consultant? leslie ellis says,