Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 1.1-4

You may, if you wish, take notes during the course of the trial. <Have the clerk or marshal

distribute note pads and pencils.>

Some jurors find that taking notes is helpful in keeping track of the proceedings and some do not.

You should remember that your main job as jurors is to listen to and observe the witnesses. If

taking notes would distract you from that job, then don't take notes. There is no need to try to

take down the testimony word for word. If, during your deliberations at the end of the case, you

need to hear what a witness said, we have an official tape-recording or court stenographer's

record that will give you an accurate record of all the testimony.

You should not allow note-taking to interfere with your attention to the testimony or your task of

sizing up the witnesses as they testify, but you may take notes if doing so would aid your

memory.

You should not make any notes outside of court and bring them here. Your notebooks will be

collected at the end of each break and kept secure by the clerk. No one will look at them.

I take notes because I may be asked to rule on issues during the course of the evidence. Your

decision whether to take notes at any point should not be influenced by my note-taking.

You should not disclose your notes to anybody during the trial. It will be up to you whether to

disclose them to your fellow jurors during deliberations at the end of the trial.