GroundRules
← Search the law
Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 77-17-11: Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 77 Criminal Procedure
  2. Chapter 77-17 The Trial

(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.

Collected 2026-09-03T11:34:34Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection