“”The judge then had that person gather them up, told him/her to take them to the jurors they belonged to and to lock up the alternates notebooks.””
I thought the judge told someone to gather up all the notebooks and to gather all the alternate jurors notebooks and to secure them - not to take those left behind to the jury room. I believe they were all told to leave them behind. I wondered at the time I heard that why they were given notebooks to take notes (if that was their wish) if they weren’t allowed to have them in the jury room....
I don’t know about this jury but when I served on a jury we were given notepads and pencils and we were allowed to take them into the jury room. It makes no sense to take notes if you won’t be allowed to refer to them. I think its just another example of the attitude of this jury.