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Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.453

Jury Request to Review Testimony

activein force · 2026-04-01 – presentact-effective-date

(a) Request for Readback or Playback of Testimony. If,

after retiring to consider their verdict, any juror requests a

readback or playback of testimony, the jury may be conducted into

the courtroom and the court may order the readback or playback of

testimony. The testimony may be read or played back only after

notice to counsel for the parties. Any readback or playback of

testimony must be in open court in the presence of all parties. In its

discretion, the court may respond in writing to a request for

readback or playback of testimony without having the jury brought

before the court, provided that the parties have received the

opportunity to place objections on the record and both the request

and response are made part of the record.

(b) Request for Transcripts. If any juror requests to have a

transcript of trial testimony, the court must inform the jury that

transcripts are not available but that they can request a readback

or playback of testimony, which request may or may not be granted

at the court’s discretion. If a juror makes only a general request for

transcripts, as opposed to identifying any particular witness’s

testimony that they wish to review, the court must also instruct the

jury that, if they request a readback or playback, they must specify

the particular trial testimony they wish to have read or played back.

If, after being properly instructed in accordance with this

subdivision, the jury requests a readback or playback of any trial

testimony, the court must follow the procedures set forth in

subdivision (a).

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