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2025 Utah Code
Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 17 - The Trial
Section 11 - Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody.
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UT Code § 77-17-11 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
77-17-11. Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody.
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
77-17-11. Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody.
- (1)After hearing the court's instructions and arguments of counsel, the jury shall retire for deliberation.
- (2)An officer shall:
- (a)be sworn to keep the jury together in some private and convenient place;
- (b)not permit any person to speak to or communicate with the jury;
- (c)not communicate with the jury except:
- (i)upon the order of the court; or
- (ii)to ask the jury whether the jury has agreed on a verdict; and
- (d)return the jury to court when the jury has agreed and the court has so ordered, or when otherwise ordered by the court.
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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