CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 102
Note-Taking
Y ou have been given notebooks and may take notes during the trial. Do
not remove them from the courtroom. Y ou may take your notes into the
jury room during deliberations. I do not mean to discourage you from
taking notes, but here are some points to consider if you take notes:
1. Note-taking may tend to distract you. It may affect your ability to
listen carefully to all the testimony and to watch the witnesses as
they testify;
AND
2. The notes are for your own individual use to help you remember
what happened during the trial. Please keep in mind that your
notes may be inaccurate or incomplete.
At the end of the trial, your notes will be (collected and
destroyed/collected and retained by the court but not as a part of the
case record/ <specify other disposition>).
New January 2006; Revised June 2007, April 2008
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
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