Section 18-1304 - ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE JURORS AND ARBITRATORS.

ID Code § 18-1304 (2019) (N/A)
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18-1304. ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE JURORS AND ARBITRATORS. Every person who corruptly attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen as an arbitrator or umpire, or appointed a referee, in respect to his verdict in, or decision of, any cause pending, or about to be brought before him, either:

1. By means of any communication, oral or written, had with him, except in the regular course or proceedings;

2. By means of any book, paper or instrument exhibited, otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings;

3. By means of any threat, intimidation, persuasion or entreaty; or,

4. By means of any promise or assurance of any pecuniary or other advantage; is guilty of a felony.

History:

[18-1304, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 870.]