2010 Minnesota Code
Chapters 625 - 634 Criminal Procedure
Chapter 631 Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence
Section 631.17 Court Administrator to Read Verdict to Jury
631.17 COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO READ VERDICT TO JURY.
When a verdict such as the court may receive is returned, the court administrator shall immediately file it in open court and read it to the jury, and ask the jurors if it is their verdict. If a juror disagrees, that fact shall be entered upon the minutes, and the court shall send the jury out to deliberate further. If no disagreement is expressed by the jury, the verdict is complete, and the court shall discharge the jury from the case. The court administrator shall immediately record the verdict in full in the court minutes.
History:
(10721) RL s 5374; 1955 c 32 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
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