Jury deliberation; use of exhibits and other material
§ 310.20 Jury deliberation; use of exhibits and other material.
Upon retiring to deliberate, the jurors may take with them:
1. Any exhibits received in evidence at the trial which the court, after according the parties an opportunity to be heard upon the matter, in its discretion permits them to take;
2. A written list prepared by the court containing the offenses submitted to the jury by the court in its charge and the possible verdicts thereon. Whenever the court submits two or more counts charging offenses set forth in the same article of the law, the court may set forth the dates, names of complainants or specific statutory language, without defining the terms, by which the counts may be distinguished; provided, however, that the court shall instruct the jury in its charge that the sole purpose of the notations is to distinguish between the counts; and
3. A written list prepared by the court containing the names of every witness whose testimony has been presented during the trial, if the jury requests such a list and the court, in its discretion, determines that such a list will assist the jury.
On retiring, jurors may take with them:
1. Exhibits received in evidence that the court, after hearing the parties, permits in its discretion. ★
2. A court-prepared written list of the submitted offenses and possible verdicts. If two-or-more counts are from the same article, the court may add dates, complainant names, or statutory language to distinguish the counts (without defining terms) — and must instruct the jury the notations exist only to tell counts apart. ★
3. A court-prepared witness list — but only if the jury requests it and the court, in its discretion, finds it will help. ★
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.