Jury Requests for Additional

Instructions If retiring for deliberations, the jury, after requests additional the judicial instructions, authority, after providing notice to the parties and an opportunity for suggestions by counsel, shall recall the jury to the courtroom and give additional instructions necessary to respond properly to the request or to direct the jury’s attention to a portion of the original instructions. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 864.) If it appears to the judicial authority that the jury has been unable to agree, it may require the jury to continue its deliberations. The judicial authority shall not require or threaten to require the jury to deliberate for an unreasonable length of time or for unreasonable intervals. It may also instruct the jury as to disagreements in accordance with the law. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 865.)