Cait: Oh that's bizarre. Our juries get printed copies of the instructions. Sometimes you can see on appeal that they've checked off the elements. I don't know how you'd consider a complex case without written instructions.

Exciting boring update in Trump trial—the jury has a note!

@fleerultra.bsky.social Get ready for the cable pundits to go wild with speculation

The jury note contains 4 requests: (1) David Pecker testimony regarding phone convo during investor meeting, (2) Pecker Testimony related to McDougal's life rights agreement, (3) Pecker testimony regarding Trump Tower meeting, and (4) Cohen testimony regarding Trump Tower meeting (via Anna Bower)

Kyle Cheney jumps on the speculation train early, but why not: "Apply all the caveats here, but first instinct is this is not welcome news for Trump. Prosecutors spent a lot of their lengthy close focusing on value of Pecker's testimony. This is the roadmap they asked jurors to follow."

SECOND JURY NOTE: "We the jury request to rehear the judge's instructions." (via Anna Bower, Lawfare)

Insane to me that they can't print them a copy, he has to recite it

Yes, I'd like to hear the official reasoning for that policy

@toobigtofail.bsky.social might know

The Court of Appeals (New York's highest court) has said it's reversible error to give the jury written copies of the jury instructions because... of a weird interpretation of a statute:

People v. Johnson, 81 N.Y.2d 980 | Casetext Search + Citatorcasetext.com Read People v. Johnson, 81 N.Y.2d 980, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database

Oh that's bizarre. Our juries get printed copies of the instructions. Sometimes you can see on appeal that they've checked off the elements. I don't know how you'd consider a complex case without written instructions.

Our juries also can't get testimony read or played back to them, though, which is so strange

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