2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 625 - 634 Criminal Procedure
Chapter 631 Trial, Judgment, Sentence
Section 631.09 HOW AND WHERE THE JURY MUST BE KEPT WHILE DELIBERATING; REQUIRING SEPARATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR JURORS.

631.09 HOW AND WHERE THE JURY MUST BE KEPT WHILE DELIBERATING;
REQUIRING SEPARATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR JURORS.
At the close of the evidence and after the court has charged the jury, the jury may decide the
case in court or retire for deliberation. If the jury cannot agree on a verdict without retiring, the
court shall swear one or more officers to take charge of the jury. The jury must be kept together
in some private and convenient place without food or drink except water unless ordered by the
court. No person may be permitted to speak or communicate with any juror, unless by order
of court, nor may a person listen to its deliberations. The jury must be returned to court upon
agreeing on a verdict or when so ordered by the court. In case of mixed juries counties shall
provide adequate, separate quarters for male and female jurors with proper accommodations. If
the county fails to provide proper accommodations, the court shall order the jurors to be housed in
a suitable hotel for the night.
This section applies only if the jury has failed to agree.
History: (10713,10713-1) RL s 5366; 1927 c 210 s 1,2; 1981 c 31 s 21; 1985 c 265 art 11 s
1; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 1 s 4