§ 34-36-1-4 — Keeping jurors together; communications

(a) When a case is submitted to the jury, the
jury may:
(1) decide in court; or
(2) retire for deliberation.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the jury retires, the
members of the jury must be kept together in some convenient place,
under the charge of a sworn officer, until the members of the jury:
(1) agree upon a verdict; or
(2) are discharged by the court.
(c) The court may, in its discretion, permit the jury to separate
temporarily and for meals.
(d) The officer in charge of the jury shall not permit any
communication to be made to the jury. The officer in charge of the jury
shall not communicate with the jury, except:
(1) to ask the jury if it has agreed upon a verdict; or
(2) by order of the court.
(e) The officer in charge of the jury shall not, before the verdict is
rendered, communicate to any person the state of the jury's
deliberations or the jury's verdict.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.