People v. DiLuca

OPINION OF THE COURT

Brown, J.

Upon these appeals we are asked to consider whether jurors may be allowed to take notes during trial.

The indictment of the defendants arises out of the transfer of the sum of $2,000 from defendant Petrizzo to an individual named Lido Occhiuto. It was charged that Pe*440trizzo gave said moneys to Occhiuto as a loan and threatened him with physical harm if he defaulted; that Occhiuto was to pay interest on the loan at the rate of $100 a week until he could pay back the original $2,000 and that he made several weekly $100 payments to defendant DiLuca who was acting on…