In Beam v. State, 260 Ga. 784 (400 SE2d 327) (1991), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a trial court for refusing to strike a juror who was a full-time secretary in the office of the district attorney. Id. at 785-786 (2). The Court noted that "it is inherent in the nature of the duties of employees of district attorneys and the closeness with which such employees are identified with criminal procedures that questions regarding possible bias, fairness, prejudice or impermissible influence upon jury deliberations inevitably arise." Id. at 785 (2). The Court concluded that because the juror was an employee of the same district attorney who prosecuted the defendant, the juror's participation on the panel created a "substantial appearance of impropriety" and that "the trial court should have stricken the juror to preserve public respect for the integrity of the judicial process." Id. at 786 (2).