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Conn. Practice Book § 16-16

Jury Deliberations

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After the case has been submitted to the jury,

the jurors shall be in the custody of an officer who

shall permit no person to be present with them or

to speak to them when assembled for delibera -

tions except a qualified interpreter assisting a juror

who is deaf or hard of hearing. The jurors shall

be kept together for deliberations as the judicial

authority reasonably directs. If the judicial authority permits the jury to recess its deliberations, the

judicial authority shall admonish the jurors not to

discuss the case until they reconvene in the jury

room. The judicial authority shall direct the jurors

to select one of their members to preside over the

deliberations and to deliver any verdict agreed

upon, and the judicial authority shall admonish

the jurors that until they are discharged in the case

they may communicate upon subjects connected

with the trial only while they are convened in the

jury room. If written forms of verdict are submitted

to the jury, the member of the jury selected to

deliver the verdict shall sign any verdict agreed

upon.

(See Sec. 856, P .B. 1978-1997.) (P .B. 1998.) (Amended

June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.)

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