Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.120 (2026)

Jurors, appraisers, etc.; accepting bribe.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.120 Jurors, appraisers, etc.; accepting bribe.

Sec. 120.

Juror, etc., accepting bribe—Any person summoned as a juror or chosen or appointed as an appraiser, receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, commissioner, auditor, arbitrator or referee who shall corruptly take anything to give his verdict, award, or report, or who shall corruptly receive any gift or gratuity whatever, from a party to any suit, cause, or proceeding, for the trial or decision of which such juror shall have been summoned, or for the hearing or determination of which such appraiser, receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, commissioner, auditor, arbitrator, or referee shall have been chosen or appointed, shall be guilty of a felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.120

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 10 of Ch. 156 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5829; CL 1871, § 7662; How., § 9244; CL 1897, § 11314; CL 1915, § 14981; CL 1929, § 16572; and Act 120 of 1875.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1998–2018 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Keith Eric Wood, 928 N.W.2d 267 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).

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People of Michigan v. Keith Eric Wood, 928 N.W.2d 267 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 14× “Defendant’s assertions that MCL 750.120, M Crim JI 1.1, and MCR 6.412(B) support his argument regarding the definition of “juror” also fail.”

People v. Motor City Hosp. & Surgical Supply, Inc., 575 N.W.2d 95 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). “313 (public officers), MCL 750.120; MSA 28.315 (jurors), MCL 750.”

People of Michigan v. Keith Eric Wood (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “In further support and contrary to the majority’s view, I believe that the Legislature’s reference to a person “summoned as a juror” in MCL 750.120, absent comparable language in MCL 750.”

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