2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 625 - 634 Criminal Procedure
Chapter 631 Trial, Judgment, Sentence
Section 631.05 REQUIRING A JUROR TO TESTIFY WHEN THE JUROR HAS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING FACT IN CONTROVERSY; VIEW.
631.05 REQUIRING A JUROR TO TESTIFY WHEN THE JUROR HAS PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING FACT IN CONTROVERSY; VIEW.
If a juror has personal knowledge respecting a fact in controversy in a cause, the juror shall
declare it in open court during the trial. If during the retirement of a jury, a juror declares a fact
which could be evidence in the cause, as of the juror's own knowledge, the jury shall return into
court. In either of these cases, the juror making the statement shall be sworn as a witness and
examined in the presence of the parties. The court may order a view by a jury impaneled to try a
criminal case in accordance with rule
26.03, subdivision 10, of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
History: (10709) RL s 5362; 1979 c 233 s 41; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444
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