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Section 508.5 - Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.

UT Code § 76-8-508.5 (2019) (N/A)
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(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 on any grand jury of the state.

(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 on any grand jury of the state.

(2) A person is guilty of tampering with a juror if he attempts to or actually influences a juror in the discharge of the juror's service by: (a) communicating with the juror by any means, directly or indirectly, except for attorneys 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 a threat 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.

(a) communicating with the juror by any means, directly or indirectly, except for attorneys 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 a threat 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.

(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 in retaliation 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.

(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.

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Section 508.5 - Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.