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Conn. Practice Book § 16-8
Oath and Admonitions to Trial Jurors
(a) The judicial authority shall cause the jurors
selected for the trial to be sworn or affirmed in
accordance with General Statutes §§ 1-23 and 1-
25. The judicial authority shall admonish the jurors
not to read, listen to or view news reports of the
case or to discuss with each other or with any
person not a member of the jury the cause under
consideration, except that after the case has been
submitted to the jury for deliberation the jurors
shall discuss it among themselves in the jury
room.
(b) In the presence of the jury, the judicial
authority shall instruct any interpreter for a juror
who is deaf or hard of hearing to refrain from
participating in any manner in the deliberations of
the jury and to refrain from having any communications, oral or visual, with any member of the jury
except for the literal translation of jurors’ remarks
made during deliberations.
History
(P.B. 1998.) (Amended June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.)
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- jud.ct.gov
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- 2026-09-15
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- 2026-09-15
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