Florida Statute 918.12 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 918
CONDUCT OF TRIAL

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F.S. 918.12

918.12 Tampering with jurors.—Any person who influences the judgment or decision of any grand or petit juror on any matter, question, cause, or proceeding which may be pending, or which may by law be brought, before him or her as such juror, with intent to obstruct the administration of justice, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 72-315; s. 1540, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 918.12

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 918.12

Total Results: 6

PATRICK GAMMAGE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-08-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: tampering with jurors in violation of section 918.12, Florida Statutes (2013). At Gammage…legislature's intent under the language of section 918.12. If the statutory language clearly shows that …is to determine whether the language of section 918.12 allows us to determine the applicable unit of prosecution…language of the statute, it provides: 918.12—Tampering with jurors. Any person who …775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. § 918.12 (emphasis added.) Under the "a/any" test

Gammage v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 210 So. 3d 97

Snippet: third-degree felony of tampering with jurors under section 918.12, Florida Statutes, as a level 4 offense).

Gammage v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-12-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 181 So. 3d 1256

Snippet: of tampering with jurors in violation of section 918.12, Florida' Statutes (2013). The offenses occurred…maximum sentence permitted by law. See § 918.12 (providing that the offense of tampering with jurors… The statute at issue in this case, section 918.12, provides that [a]ny person who influences… *1259 is not included in section 918;12. Rather, the statute speaks in terms of a person…commit the substantive crime prohibited in section 918.12 invokes the application of the attempt statute,

Schmidter v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 103 So. 3d 263

Snippet: enter the courthouse may be in violation of section 918.12, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a defense…a jury panel had been tampered with per section 918.12, Florida Statutes, and Nobles v. State, 769 So.2d…contemplated by this Order may be in violation of section 918.12, Florida Statutes, and/or may be found in contempt

Nobles v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-08-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 769 So. 2d 1063

Snippet: insufficient to support a conviction under section 918.12, Florida Statutes, because the juror he allegedly… to serve in his case. We conclude that section 918.12 prohibits an attempt to influence a member of the…defendant with jury tampering in violation of section 918.12, Florida Statutes. When this charge proceeded to…the legislature used the term “juror” in section 918.12, Florida Statutes to refer only to a person who…Prudential-Bache Sec., Inc., 656 So.2d 470 (Fla.1995). Section 918.12 does not purport to define the class of persons

Bowden v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-07-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 402 So. 2d 1173

Snippet: drug abuse prevention and control. 25. Sections 918.12-918.14, relating to tampering with jurors, evidence