State v. Chiroy Osorio

Nebraska Advance Sheets 384 286 NEBRASKA REPORTS that can arise from the use of demonstrative exhibits in jury deliberations, this discretion is not unlimited. Due to the lack of limiting instructions and the complete absence of safeguards employed in the instant case, the district court abused its dis- cretion in allowing the jury to use the State’s “road map” of its case—admitted for demonstrative purposes only—during deliberations without giving a limiting instruction. We find this error to be prejudicial. Therefore, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial. R eversed…