As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Public servant” means a person elected, selected, employed or otherwise designated as one (1) of the following, even if the person has not yet qualified for office or assumed the duties: An officer, employee, or agent of government; A juror or grand juror; An arbitrator […]
It is unlawful for any person to: Initiate a report or statement to a law enforcement officer concerning an offense or incident within the officer’s concern knowing that: The offense or incident reported did not occur; The person has no information relating to the offense or incident reported; or The information relating to the offense […]
It is unlawful for any person, knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, to: Alter, destroy, or conceal any record, document or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding; or Make, present, or use any record, document or thing […]
It is unlawful for any person to: Knowingly make a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record; Make, present, or use any record, document or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it will be taken as a genuine governmental record; or Intentionally and unlawfully destroy, conceal, remove or […]
A person commits an offense who by means of coercion: Influences or attempts to influence a juror in the exercise of the juror’s official power or in the performance of the juror’s official duty; or Influences or attempts to influence a juror not to vote or to vote in a particular manner. A violation of […]
A person commits an offense who privately communicates with a juror with intent to influence the outcome of the proceeding on the basis of considerations other than those authorized by law. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
A person commits the offense of retaliation for past action who harms or threatens to harm a witness at an official proceeding, judge, district attorney general, an assistant district attorney general, an employee of the district attorney general or a law enforcement officer, clerk, employee of the clerk, juror or former juror, or a family […]
A person commits an offense who offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a juror for the juror’s having exercised the juror’s official power or performed the juror’s official duty in favor of the person or another. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
A person commits an offense who solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit for having exercised official power or performed official duty in favor of another as a juror. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
It is a defense to prosecution under §§ 39-16-511 and 39-16-512 that the benefit involved was a trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official juror impartiality.
It is a Class A misdemeanor for any employer to dismiss from employment any employee because of jury service by that employee.
It is an offense for a person to knowingly activate and point a laser pointer or other device utilizing a laser beam at an individual known to be a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician or other emergency service personnel while the individual is in the performance of the individual’s official duties, with the […]
A public official or public employee shall not establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline a law enforcement officer solely by the issuance of a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations. A public official or public employee shall not require […]
