{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1142","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1142","heading":"","body":"While the jury are absent the Court may adjourn from time to time, as to other business, but it must nevertheless be open for every purpose connected with the cause submitted to the jury until a verdict is rendered or the jury discharged.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 7. OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT [1065. - 1188.]","CHAPTER 3. Conduct of the Jury After the Cause Is Submitted to Them [1137. - 1142.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f9da619956eb836aaccc6b9aae3f538f5892df8e76c6423d9fd86a748ddbb4fc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1141","next":"us-ca/pen-1147"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}