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jury tampering n. the crime of attempting to influence a jury through any means other than presenting evidence and argument in court, including conversations about the case outside the court, offering bribes, making threats, or asking acquaintances to intercede with a juror. (See: jury, subornation of perjury) |
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The Second District Court of Appeal rejected an argument by defendants Scott Ward and Gabriel Smutz that the trial judge erred when she declined to declare a mistrial following a jury tampering incident in which a fellow gang member of the defendants approached jurors and told them to ``vote not guilty. Nicholas Ordaz, 24, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison after pleading no contest to two counts of jury tampering. Nicholas Ordaz, 24, was charged with jury tampering after he was arrested at the Antelope Valley Courthouse during the trial of Scott Ward, 25, and Gabriel Smutz, 26. |
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