Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 200 - BUSINESS OF COURTS
Rule 223.1 - Conduct of the Trial. Trial by Jury
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 223.1
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) Before the taking of evidence, the trial judge shall instruct the jurors as provided in Rule 220.1.
(b) In conducting a trial by jury, the court may use one or more of the procedures provided in subdivisions (c) and (d) as may be appropriate in the particular case.
(c) The court may permit jurors to view a premises or a thing in or on a premises.
(d) The court may
(1) permit specified testimony to be read
back to the jury upon the jury's request,
(2) charge the jury at any time during the
trial,
(3) make exhibits available
to the jury during its deliberations, and
(4) make a written copy of the charge or
instructions, or a portion thereof, available to the jury following the oral
charge or instructions at the conclusion of evidence for use during its
deliberations.
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