Watkins v. State

On Petition to Rehear

Counsel have filed herein a very courteous, dignified and forceful petition to rehear. This petition is bottomed on the proposition that, if jurors are allowed to read their notes taken in the course of the trial in their deliberations, this is a violation of Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution of Tennessee.

The argument in support of this petition is based around the fact that, if a juror is allowed to read his notes taken in the course of the trial while that body is deliberating, this violates the language of Article I, Sec*564tion 9, of onr Constitution in that “the…