Conn. Practice Book § 16-12

When the judicial authority is of the opinion that

a viewing by the jury of the place or thing involved

in the case will be helpful to the jury in determining

any material factual issue, it may in its discretion,

at any time before the closing arguments, order

that the jury be conducted to such place or location

of such thing. During the viewing, the jury must

be kept together under the supervision of a proper

officer appointed by the judicial authority. The judicial authority and an official court reporter or court

recording monitor must be present, and, with the

judicial authority’s permission, any other person

may be present. Counsel and self-represented

parties may as a matter of right be present, but

the right may be waived. The purpose of viewing

shall be solely to permit visual observation by the

jury of the place or thing in question and to permit

a brief description of the site or thing being viewed

by the judicial authority or by any witness or wit -

nesses as allowed by the judicial authority. Any

proceedings at the location, including examination

of witnesses, shall be at the discretion of the judicial authority. Neither the parties nor counsel nor

the jurors while viewing the place or thing may

engage in discussion of the significance or the

implications of anything under observation or of

any issue in the case.

(See Sec. 844, P .B. 1978-1997.) (P .B.1998.) (Amended

June 26, 2020, to take effect Jan. 1, 2021.)