Rule 23.3 - Additional Instructions; Further Review of Evidence Prohibited(a) Additional Instructions. If the jury, after they retire for deliberation, desires to be informed of any point of law, the court shall instruct the jury to reduce its question to writing and the court, after affording the parties an opportunity to state their objections or assent, may grant additional written instructions in response to the jury's request.(b) Further Review of Evidence Prohibited. After the jurors have retired to consider their verdict, the court shall not recall the jurors to hear additional evidence.Comment
Rule 23.3 tracks former Rule 3.10 of the Uniform Rules of Circuit and County Court. The Rule covers the right of the jury to request (by way of a note to the judge) additional instructions after deliberations have begun. Additional instructions should not be given if the request concerns matters not in evidence or questions of law not pertinent to the case, or calls on the judge to express an opinion on a factual matter.