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§ 15-14-20 Papers, exhibits, and notes taken into jury room.

SD Codified L § 15-14-20 (2019) (N/A)
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15-14-20. Papers, exhibits, and notes taken into jury room. Upon retiring for deliberation the jury may take with them all papers which have been received as evidence in the cause, except depositions and such papers and exhibits as ought not, in the opinion of the court, to be taken from the person having them in his possession; and they may also take with them notes of the testimony or other proceedings on the trial taken by themselves, or any of them, but none taken by any other person.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1323.

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