State v. McNeil

HILL, Judge.

The defendants contend the trial judge erred in his instructions to the jury during the trial of the case. Soon after the trial of the case began, the court instructed jurors not to take notes during the trial of the case. Neither party objected at that time. G.S. 15A-1228 provides that, “[j]urors may make notes and take them into the jury room during their deliberations. Upon ob jection of any party, the judge must instruct the jurors that notes may not be taken.”

This statute does not limit the authority of the trial judge to control the taking of notes by the jury during the…