Trial jury; when separation permitted
§ 270.45 Trial jury; when separation permitted.
During the period extending from the time the jurors are sworn to the time they retire to deliberate upon their verdict, the court may in its discretion either permit them to separate during recesses and adjournments or direct that they be continuously kept together during such periods under the supervision of an appropriate public servant or servants. In the latter case, such public servant or servants may not speak to or communicate with any juror concerning any subject connected with the trial nor permit any other person to do so, and must return the jury to the court room at the next designated trial session.
From swearing-in until the jury retires to deliberate, the court may (discretion) either let jurors separate during recesses/adjournments or keep them together under a public servant's supervision. If kept together, that public servant can't talk to jurors about the trial (or let anyone else) and must return the jury to the courtroom next session.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.