Local Rule 39.1: Juror Note Taking

39.1 Juror Note Taking The Court in its discretion may allow jurors to take notes of the testimony and to take such notes into the jury room during deliberations. When jurors are told that they may take notes, the Court may instruct them that notes are for their personal use only, that they are not required to take them, that no one but the juror taking the notes will review the notes, that the notes will be destroyed at the end of the case, and that they should leave the notes face down on their seats during breaks and at the end of each day. When the jury is discharged, all jurors' notes shall be collected by a Court employee and destroyed without review of the notes.