Rule 42-27. Jury Requests for Additional Instructions

If the jury, after retiring for deliberations, requests additional instructions, the judicial authority, after providing notice to the parties and an opportunity for suggestions by counsel, shall recall the jury to the courtroom and give additional instructions necessary to respond properly to the request or to direct the jury's attention to a portion of the original instructions.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 864.)