No judge shall communicate in any way with a juror in a criminal proceeding concerning the juror's conduct or any aspect of the case during the course of the trial outside the presence of the parties or their counsel.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-263.1
Contact between judge and juror prohibited
1985, c. 176.
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