WA · rules
Wash. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 6.8
Notetaking by Jurors
In all cases, jurors shall be allowed to take written notes regarding the evidence presented
to them and keep these notes with them during their deliberation. The court may allow jurors to
keep these notes with them in the jury room during recesses, in which case jurors may review
their own notes but may not share or discuss the notes with other jurors until they begin
deliberating. Such notes should be treated as confidential between the jurors making them and
their fellow jurors, and shall be destroyed immediately after the verdict is rendered.
History
[Adopted effective July 1, 1973; Amended effective October 1, 2002.]
Provenance
- Source
- www.courts.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-16
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
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