CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3531
Service Provider for Juror With Disability (Code Civ. Proc.,
§ 224)
<insert name or number of juror> has been assisted by (a/an)
<insert description of service provider , e.g., sign language
interpreter> to communicate and receive information. The
<insert description of service provider> will be with you during your
deliberations. Y ou may not discuss the case with the <insert
description of service provider>. The <insert description of
service provider> is not a member of the jury and is not to participate in
the deliberations in any way other than as necessary to provide the
service to <insert name or number of juror>.
All jurors must be able to fully participate in deliberations. In order to
allow the <insert description of service provider> to properly
assist <insert name or number of juror>, jurors should not
talk at the same time and should not have side conversations. Jurors
should speak directly to <insert name or number of juror>,
not to the <insert description of service provider>.
[Two <insert description of service providers> will be present
during deliberations and will take turns in assisting <insert
name or number of juror>.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
- Content hash
62feb553b01db52fba9528b60875e24b7c0d451bad1feda010f07e48d8b92d98
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