Not to butt in your conversation but I was watching after the judge gave the jury their instructions and when they left the trial room and went into the room for deliberations.
Someone off camera told the judge that several jurors left their notebooks (including at least one of the alternates). 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 was very curious about it which is why I was still watching to see what would become of those notebooks.
Even if they had notes, even if the notes were not doodles (but I’d have to see proof), the next question you have to ask is, how did they find the time to go over and scrutinize 400 pages of anything? They had made up their minds after about 5 hours.
LOL Butt in all you want. I didn’t hear that part and thanks for the info. Me too.
“”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....
Found it very curious they wouldn't take their notebooks to refer to significant points while deliberating....
..now I know....they didn't need no stinking notes....their minds were already made!