Section 1794 - Taking evidence to jury roomA. Jurors shall be permitted to take notes. The court shall provide the needed writing implements. Jurors may, but need not, take notes and such notes as are taken may be used during the jury's deliberations but shall not be preserved for review on appeal. The trial judge shall ensure the confidentiality of the notes during the course of the trial and the jury's deliberations. At each recess prior to jury deliberation, the court shall collect and maintain any and all notes made by each juror and upon reconvening, the court shall return to each juror his individual notes and shall cause the notes to be destroyed immediately upon return of the verdict.B. The court may allow the jury to take with them any object or writing received in evidence, except depositions and except as otherwise provided in the Louisiana Code of Evidence.Acts 1983, No. 534, §7; Acts 1988, No. 515, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 668, §1.Acts 1983, No. 534, §7; Acts 1988, No. 515, §2, eff. 1/1/1989; Acts 1997, No. 668, §1.