Linden v. Southwestern National Insurance Co.

It is provided by 12 O.S.1971 § 580 that after a case is submitted to the jury and they retire for deliberation, the officer in charge shall not permit any communication to be made to them except to ask if they have agreed upon their verdict, unless by order of the court. This statute has not been considered under the factual situation presented to us. The companion criminal law statute, 22 O.S.1971 § 857, contains similar language insofar as communications to the jury are concerned. It provides that the officer must not permit any person to speak to or communicate with *1081the jury nor do so…