ALASKA COURT RULES

admonition set forth in section (c) shall be given before any adjournment for rest, and the court shall specifically state that no deliberations are to take place unless all jurors are present in the jury room. (3) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the officer of the court having charge of the jury shall keep the jurors together, and separate from other persons. The officer shall not suffer any communication to be made to the jury nor shall the officer make any communication except to ask the jury if they have agreed upon their verdict. The officer shall not, before the verdict is rendered, communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon. The officer shall be sworn to act according to the provisions of this section (e). (Adopted by SCO 4 October 4, 1959; amended by SCO 49 effective January 1, 1963; amended by SCO 157 effective February 15, 1973; by Supreme Court Order 735 effective December 15, 1986; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; and by SCO 1439 effective October 15, 2001) Note: Chapter 65, section 3, SLA 2005 (HB 54) enacted new AS 12.45.015 relating to the introduction of the victim and the defendant to the jury. According to section 7 of the Act, section 3 of the Act has the effect of amending Criminal