CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 202
Note-Taking and Reading Back of Testimony
[Y ou have been given notebooks and may have taken notes during the
trial. Y ou may use your notes during deliberations.] Y our 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.
If there is a disagreement about the testimony [and stipulations] at trial,
you may ask that the (court reporter’s record be read to/court’s
recording be played for) you. It is the record that must guide your
deliberations, not your notes. Y ou must accept the (court reporter’s
record/court’s recording) as accurate. [Do not ask the court reporter
questions during the readback and do not discuss the case in the
presence of the court reporter.]
Please do not remove your notes from the jury room.
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, August 2009, February 2012,
March 2019, September 2020, March 2021, October 2025
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2026
- Content hash
87df71f055503c22648fecf01fc120325c49fff24b45d94106bf7d8f8adfa112
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