(705 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch. 78, par. 36)
Sec. 1.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly
and wilfully, by any device or means whatsoever
records or attempts to record, the proceedings of a petit jury in any court
of the State of Illinois while the jury is deliberating or voting,
or
listens to or observes, or attempts to listen to or observe, the
proceedings of any petit jury of which he is not a member in any court of
the State of Illinois while the jury is deliberating or voting,
shall be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
However, if any juror is deaf or hard of hearing, the juror may be
accompanied by and may communicate with a court appointed interpreter
throughout any period during which the jury is sequestered or engaged in its
deliberations.
If the jury foreman reasonably
believes that the interpreter is doing more than interpreting, nothing in this
Act shall prevent him or her from petitioning the court and requesting that the
interpreter be replaced with another interpreter.
(b) A petit juror in any court of the State of Illinois
shall be entitled to take notes in
connection with and solely for the purpose of assisting him in the
performance of his duties as juror, and the sheriff of the county
in which such juror is serving shall provide writing materials for that
purpose. Such notes shall remain confidential, and shall be destroyed by
the sheriff after the verdict has been returned or a mistrial declared.
(Source: P.A. 88-27.)
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