HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 2.4
NO USE OF INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION
You must not use any source outside the courtroom to assist
you.
This means that you must not talk to anyone about this
case, except for court staff. Do not communicate with anyone
else, including the parties, witnesses, your fellow jurors,
friends or family members, about anything having to do with this
trial. Do not talk to anyone in person, over the telephone, or
by e-mail, text message, tweet, blog or any other form of
communication until the court receives the jury’s verdict or you
are excused from jury service.
In addition, you must not conduct an independent
investigation of the facts or the law. You must not visit the
scene on your own, conduct experiments, or consult dictionaries,
encyclopedias, textbooks, the internet, electronic resources, or
other reference materials for additional information. Do not
read, listen to or watch any news reports about this trial, if
there are any.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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