Local Rule CR 24.2: Communications with Trial Jurors
D. Mont. — Criminal rule
CR 24.2 Communications with Trial Jurors
(a) Before or During Trial. No person involved with the case may communicate with, or cause anyone else to communicate with, a juror, a prospective juror, or a juror's or prospective juror's family member.
(b) After Trial.
(1) Unless a different time applies under Fed. R. Crim. P. 33(b)(1) or a judge's order, neither parties nor counsel may interview jurors unless, within 14 days after the jury returns its verdict, a party files:
(A) proposed written questions to be asked of the jurors;
(B) an affidavit showing good cause; and,
(C) if granted leave, a second affidavit showing the results.
(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, any juror or prospective juror may decline to communicate with anyone concerning a trial in which the juror was involved.