Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999 - SECT 19

Jury documents

19. Jury documents



(1) For the purpose of helping the jury to understand the issues, the trial
judge may order on the application of a party or of his or her own motion that
copies of any of the following shall be given to the jury in any form that the
trial judge considers appropriate-

   (a)  the presentment;

   (b)  the summary of the prosecution opening and the notice of pre-trial
        admissions of the prosecution;

   (c)  the defence response to the summary of the prosecution opening and the
        defence response to the notice of pre-trial admissions;

   (d)  any document admitted as evidence;

   (e)  any statement of facts;

   (f)  the opening and closing speeches of the prosecution and the defence;

   (g)  any address of the trial judge to the jury under section 14;

   (h)  any schedules, chronologies, charts, diagrams, summaries or other
        explanatory material;

        (i)    transcripts of evidence;

   (j)  transcripts of any audio or audio visual recordings;

   (k)  the trial judge's summing up;

   (l)  any other document that the trial judge thinks fit.

(2) The trial judge may specify in an order under subsection (1) when any
material is to be given to the jury.