#jurors — Public Fediverse posts
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Why #jurors in the NY #criminal #TrumpTrial can’t have a copy of the #JuryInstructions:
The prohibition against jurors being provided a copy of written #legal instructions comes from a 1987 decision by the #NewYork Court of Appeals in #PeopleVOwens.
The court found that “the distribution of written instructions to the jury is not expressly authorized by #law, & error in such submissions cannot be deemed harmless,” meaning: providing instructions would result in a #conviction being #overturned.
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The #jurors returned, & Justice Merchan reads the 2 notes they sent aloud to them as they sit in the #jury box.
#Merchan says the readback of the relevant testimony, which has not yet been located, will take ~30 mins. He asks them whether they want to hear all of the #JuryInstructions again, or part of them. He says that they can discuss that in private.
Then, Merchan dismisses the jury for the day.
No #verdict today — not that I expected one.
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Justice #Merchan is back on the bench. He says that the #jurors sent a second note at 3:51PM. The jurors have also asked to hear the judge’s #JuryInstructions again.
Justice Merchan says he will bring the jurors back into the courtroom, inform them that the lawyers are working on identifying the transcripts they feel are relevant to the jurors’ first requests & clarify whether they want to hear all of the jury instructions again — which would take an hour — or portions.