N.C.P.I.—Crim. 100.30

NOTE WELL: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1228 permits a jury

in a criminal case to make notes and take them into

the jury room (except where the judge on his own

motion or the motion of a party rules otherwise in his

discretion).1

[In my discretion, members of the jury, you will not be allowed to

take notes in this case.]

[In this case, you will be allowed to take notes.

When you begin your deliberations, you may use your notes to help

refresh your memory as to what was said in court. I caution you,

however, not to give your notes or the notes of any of the other jurors

undue significance. While taking notes, a juror may fail to hear

important portions of testimony.

Any notes taken by you are not to be considered evidence in this

case. Your notes are not an official transcript of the trial. For that

reason, you must remember that in your jury deliberations notes are not

entitled to any greater weight than the individual recollections of other

jurors.

If you take notes, you may disclose them only to your fellow jurors

during your deliberations. You are not to show them to anyone else.

While I will permit you to take notes, I instruct you to listen intently at

all times to the testimony.]