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."
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:
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.
i don't know the history behind it but i think it's largely so that each juror gets the rules from the judge, they have to listen, they don't have someone in the jury room reinterpreting it. a little precious imo.