California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Silva, F064330 (Cal. App. 2014):
30. On the record before us, we cannot assume the memorandum was read, or even that jurors were aware of its presence. Jurors did not ask to examine any or all of the trial exhibits. Instead, those exhibits were all sent in to them automatically. (Compare People v. Jackson (1996) 13 Cal.4th 1164, 1213 [jurors specifically requested to see transcript that, due to clerical error in transposing exhibit numbers of edited and unedited versions, may have been version not meant for jury].) They were not told they had to review any or all exhibits; they were simply told they could examine whatever exhibits they thought would help them. Under the circumstances, we have no way of knowing or even surmising which, if any, of the exhibits jurors reviewed.
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