If the jurors are following the complicated charging sheet correctly, their note indicates that they are at least mulling a guilty verdict on one or more of the charges of rape and criminal sex act.

Technically speaking, the jurors could not be deadlocked on the higher charge of predatory sexual assault without having first decided that Mr. Weinstein was guilty of a lower charge, legal experts said.

Said a different way, if the jurors had decided to acquit Mr. Weinstein on the charges involving Ms. Mann and Ms. Haley, they would not need to continue deliberating on the charges involving Ms. Sciorra.

Though Ms. Sciorra’s rape allegation is too old to be charged as a separate crime under state law, it can be used to prove the sexual predator charge.

If, however, the jurors are confused about the structure of the charges, they could be headed in the completely opposite direction.

It is possible that the jurors have reached a unanimous decision to acquit Mr. Weinstein on the lower charges involving Ms. Mann and Ms. Haley, but that some of them are still hoping to convict him on the more serious charges involving Ms. Sciorra.

But that is not a viable option. Under this scenario, the note could be read as an appeal by the jurors who understand the charges to have Justice Burke step in and explain the law to those jurors who do not.