RULE 3.470. PROCEEDINGS ON SEALED VERDICT

The court may, with the consent of the prosecuting attorney
and the defendant, direct the jurors that if they should agree upon
a verdict during a temporary adjournment of the court, the
foreperson and each juror shall sign the same, and the verdict shall
be sealed in an envelope and delivered to the officer having charge
of the jury, after which the jury may separate until the court
recovenes. When the court authorizes the rendition of a sealed
verdict, it shall admonish the jurors not to make any disclosure, of
any kind, concerning it or to speak with other persons concerning
the case, until their verdict shall have been rendered in open court.
The officer shall deliver the sealed verdict to the clerk. When the
jurors have reassembled in open court, the envelope shall be
opened by the court or clerk, and must be received in the same
manner as unsealed verdicts.

Committee Notes

1968 Adoption of Rule 3.470. Same as section 919.12,
Florida Statutes.

1968 Adoption of Rule 3.480. Same as section 919.13,
Florida Statutes.

1972 Amendment. Former rule 3.480 has been deleted, its
substance now contained in rule 3.470. Substantially same as
former rules 3.470 and 3.480.