Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 1.3

You are allowed to take notes during the presentation of

this case. The bailiff will give you note paper and a pen or

pencil. You are not required to take notes.

If you choose to take notes, you must follow some important

rules:

1. As you take notes, do not distract yourself or your

fellow jurors from listening to the evidence.

2. Do not doodle on your note paper or let your

notetaking take priority over your duty to pay attention to the

witnesses. Do not permit your notetaking to interfere with your

listening to the testimony, or with your observation of the

witnesses while they testify because your observation of the

witnesses is a means you will use to evaluate their honesty.

3. Do not take your notes outside this courtroom. When

you leave the courtroom, leave your notes face down on your

seat.

4. At the end of this case, when you leave this courtroom

to retire to the jury deliberation room, take your notes with

you into the jury room. When you leave the jury room during

deliberations, leave your notes face down on the table.

5. Keep your notes to yourself. Do not show them to any

other person.

6. If there is an inconsistency between your memory of

the evidence and what you have recorded in your notes, treat

your memory of the evidence as accurate and controlling.

7. After you have reached a verdict, your notes will be

collected by the bailiff and will be destroyed.