Sequestration of Jury

If a case involves the penalty of capital punish- ment or imprisonment for life or is of such notoriety or its issues are of such a nature that, absent sequestration, highly prejudicial matters are likely to come to the jury’s attention, the judicial author- ity, upon its own motion or the motion of either party, may order that the jurors remain together in the custody of an officer during the trial and until they are discharged from further consideration of the case. Such order shall include an interpreter or interpreters assisting a juror who is deaf or hard of hearing. A motion to sequester may be made at any time. The jury shall not be informed which party requested sequestration. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 857.) (Amended June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.)