5010. Taking Notes During the Trial

5010. Taking Notes During the Trial Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 If you have taken notes during the trial you may take your notebooks with you into the jury room. You may use your notes only to help you remember what happened during the trial. Your independent recollection of the evidence should govern your verdict. You should not allow yourself to be influenced by the notes of other jurors if those notes differ from what you remember. At the end of the trial, your notes will be [collected and destroyed/ collected and retained by the court but not as a part of the case record/[specify other disposition]]. _____________________________________________________________________________ New April 2004; Revised February 2005, April 2007, December 2007