North Dakota Code 29-22-04 – What papers jurors may take
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Upon retiring for deliberation, the jurors may take with them:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 29-22-04
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. All papers or things other than depositions which have been received as evidence in the cause, but if, in the opinion of the court, a public record or private document received in evidence should not be taken from the person having possession, a copy must be taken instead of the original; 2. All or such parts of the written instructions as the court may direct; 3. Notes of the testimony, or other proceedings on the trial, taken by jurors themselves or any of them, but none taken by any other person; and
4. Forms of verdict approved by the court.