N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 310.30: Jury deliberation; request for information

§ 310.30 Jury deliberation; request for information.

At any time during its deliberation, the jury may request the court

for further instruction or information with respect to the law, with

respect to the content or substance of any trial evidence, or with

respect to any other matter pertinent to the jury's consideration of the

case. Upon such a request, the court must direct that the jury be

returned to the courtroom and, after notice to both the people and

counsel for the defendant, and in the presence of the defendant, must

give such requested information or instruction as the court deems

proper. With the consent of the parties and upon the request of the jury

for further instruction with respect to a statute, the court may also

give to the jury copies of the text of any statute which, in its

discretion, the court deems proper.