Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.453

Jury Request to Review Testimony

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RULE 1.453. 	JURY REQUEST TO REVIEW TESTIMONY
(a) 	Request for Readback or Playback of Testimony. If,
after retiring to consider their verdict, any juror requests a
readback or playback of testimony, the jury may be conducted into
the courtroom and the court may order the readback or playback of
testimony. The testimony may be read or played back only after
notice to counsel for the parties. Any readback or playback of
testimony must be in open court in the presence of all parties. In its
discretion, the court may respond in writing to a request for
readback or playback of testimony without having the jury brought
before the court, provided that the parties have received the

opportunity to place objections on the record and both the request
and response are made part of the record.
(b) 	Request for Transcripts. If any juror requests to have a
transcript of trial testimony, the court must inform the jury that
transcripts are not available but that they can request a readback
or playback of testimony, which request may or may not be granted
at the court’s discretion. If a juror makes only a general request for
transcripts, as opposed to identifying any particular witness’s
testimony that they wish to review, the court must also instruct the
jury that, if they request a readback or playback, they must specify
the particular trial testimony they wish to have read or played back.
If, after being properly instructed in accordance with this
subdivision, the jury requests a readback or playback of any trial
testimony, the court must follow the procedures set forth in
subdivision (a).

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