California · Penal Code

PEN §95.1: Every person who threatens a juror with respect to a criminal proceeding in which a verdict has been rendered and who has the intent and apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the tar

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who threatens a juror after a verdict is rendered, intending to carry out the threat and having apparent ability to do so, causing reasonable fear for safety, is guilty of a public offense punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine up to $10,000, or both.

Read the full statutory text

Every person who threatens a juror with respect to a criminal proceeding in which a verdict has been rendered and who has the intent and apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her safety or the safety of his or her immediate family, is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.

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