§ 1-11-207 — Decision or deliberation by jury; duty of officer in charge of jury

When the case is submitted, the jury may decide in court or
retire for deliberation. If the jurors retire, they shall be
kept together in some convenient place under the charge of an
officer until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the
court. The court may permit them to separate temporarily at
night or at their meals. The officer having them under his
charge shall not allow any communication to be made to them nor
make any himself except to ask them if they have agreed upon
their verdict, unless by order of the court. He shall not
communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or
the verdict agreed upon before their verdict is rendered.