Therefore, any error was harmless. Robinson v. State, 238 Ga. 291, 292 (2) ( 232 S.E.2d 561) (1977). 3. Pye urges that the trial court conducted an inadequate investigation into the possible misconduct of alternate juror Alvin Yarbrough. The record shows that, after the jury was seated, two jurors informed the trial court that, on the first day of voir dire, Yarbrough had commented that he was the victim's cousin.
The error, if any, was harmless. See Robinson v. State, 238 Ga. 291 (2) ( 232 S.E.2d 561) (1977). 3. The appellant objected at the trial to the introduction in evidence of pre-autopsy photographs of the victim's body taken at the crime scene after the body had been lying in a muddy ditch for approximately 48 hours, and pre-incision photographs taken during the autopsy.
The trial judge's charge defining reasonable doubt, inter alia, as a "substantial" doubt was not reversible error. Hancock v. State, 196 Ga. 351, 356 (2) ( 26 S.E.2d 760); Robinson v. State, 238 Ga. 291, 292 ( 232 S.E.2d 561). See 23 CJS 585, 598, Criminal Law, § 910; 30 AmJur2d 350, 351, Evidence, § 1171.
After a review of the record, we find no abuse of discretion in the award. Morris v. Morris, 238 Ga. 291 ( 232 S.E.2d 561) (1977). Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.