The phrase "jury minutes" refers to the amount of time a jury spends discussing a case or making a decision. It represents the total number of minutes the jury members deliberate or have conversations about the trial before reaching a verdict.
He also sought the entire case file and release of grand jury minutes. (timesunion.com)
City Councilman Rory Lancman is backing a bill that would make the use of chokeholds by police a crime and there is now a push to make the grand jury minutes public. (dnainfo.com)
James — along with The Post, the Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union — also filed a petition in Dec. 2014 seeking to have the Staten Island District Attorney unseal the grand jury minutes in the Eric Garner verdict. (nypost.com)