76-8-508.5 - Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.
76-8-508.5. Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.
(1) As used in this section "juror" means a person:
(a) summoned for jury duty; or
(b) serving as or having served as a juror or alternate juror in any court or as a juror onany grand jury of the state.
(2) A person is guilty of tampering with a juror if he attempts to or actually influences ajuror in the discharge of the juror's service by:
(a) communicating with the juror by any means, directly or indirectly, except forattorneys in lawful discharge of their duties in open court;
(b) offering, conferring, or agreeing to confer any benefit upon the juror; or
(c) communicating to the juror a threat that a reasonable person would believe to be athreat to injure:
(i) the juror's person or property; or
(ii) the person or property of any other person in whose welfare the juror is interested.
(3) A person is guilty of tampering with a juror if he commits any unlawful act inretaliation for anything done by the juror in the discharge of the juror's service:
(a) to the juror's person or property; or
(b) to the person or property of any other person in whose welfare the juror is interested.
(4) Tampering with a juror is a third degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 219, 1992 General Session