Murphy v. United States

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of assault, carrying a pistol without a license, and perjury. His convictions were based on an incident that involved the shooting of Pemell Gibson, and on appellant’s testimony to the grand jury that was investigating the incident. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in permitting the jurors at his trial to take notes and to use them in their deliberations. We follow binding precedent establishing that trial courts in this jurisdiction have discretion to permit jurors to take and use notes at criminal trials, and hold that the trial…