Legal Opinion
Esaw v. Friedman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 26, 1991No. 13865PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The principal issues of this appeal are whether jurors maybe permitted to take notes during a trial and, if so, whether the trial court is required to preserve those notes for purposes of an appeal. We hold that the trial court has discretion to permit note-taking by the jurors, and that the notes are for the confidential use of the jurors only and should not be preserved.
The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered upon a jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $2000. The plaintiff claims that the court: (1) improperly permitted the jurors to take notes during the…
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