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     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. 

    HIST: (10709) RL s 5362; 1979 c 233 s 41; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 
 1; 1986 c 444 

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