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                          RULE 47
                           JURORS

    (a) Examination, Selection, etc. See rule 38.
    (b) Care of Jury While Deliberating.
    (1) Generally. During trial and deliberations the jury may be allowed
to separate unless good cause is shown, on the record, for sequestration of
the jury.
    (2) Communication Restricted. Unless the jury is allowed to separate,
the jurors shall be kept together under the charge of one or more officers
until they agree upon their verdict or are discharged by the court. The
officer shall keep the jurors separate from other persons and shall not
allow any communication which may affect the case to be made to the jurors,
nor make any himself, unless by order of the court, except to ask the
jurors if they have agreed upon their verdict. The officer shall not,
before the verdict is rendered, communicate to any person the state of the
jurors' deliberations or their verdict.
    (3) Motions. Any motions or proceedings concerning the separation or
sequestration of the jury shall be made out of the presence of the jury.
	

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