Sec. 5. (a) If the members of the jury are permitted to separate, either during the trial or after the cause is submitted to them, the court shall admonish the jurors that it is their duty not to:
(1) converse with each other; or
(2) permit themselves to be addressed by any other person, on any subject of the trial.
(b) If the members of the jury are permitted to separate during the trial, the court shall admonish the jurors that it is their duty not to form or express among themselves an opinion on the cause until the cause is finally submitted to them.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
34-36-1-1. Submission or Argument; Opening and Closing
34-36-1-3. View of Property; Speaking to Jury Prohibited
34-36-1-4. Keeping Jurors Together; Communications
34-36-1-5. Separation of Jury; Conversations; Opinions
34-36-1-6. Retirement for Deliberation; Request for Information
34-36-1-7. Discharge; Sickness; Accident, Calamity, or Consent; Hung Jury