California · Penal Code

PEN §117: Every officer or person required by law to certify to the list of persons selected as jurors who maliciously, corruptly, or willfully certifies to a false or incorrect list, or a list containing other

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

An officer or person required to certify jury selection lists commits a felony if they maliciously, corruptly, or willfully certify a false list or fail to accurately place certified names in the jury box.

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Every officer or person required by law to certify to the list of persons selected as jurors who maliciously, corruptly, or willfully certifies to a false or incorrect list, or a list containing other names than those selected, or who, being required by law to write down the names placed on the certified lists on separate pieces of paper, does not write down and place in the jury box the same names that are on the certified list, and no more and no less than are on such list, is guilty of a felony.

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