Is a juror's sworn declaration that she would like to re-read a witness's testimony admissible?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Vallejo, 154 Cal.Rptr.3d 341, 214 Cal.App.4th 1033 (Cal. App. 2013):

Juror number 2's sworn declaration, however, was admissible to the extent it presented evidence of overt acts or statements that are objectively ascertainable by sight, hearing, or the other senses. [Citation.] ( People v. Cissna (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 1105, 1116,106 Cal.Rptr.3d 54.) Thus, juror number 2's statements concerning her request for a rereading of testimony were admissible. But her reasons for requesting the readback of testimony were inadmissible.

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