Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-16-85

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • juries: include courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Any person who attempts, otherwise than by bribery, to influence any jury commissioner or any other officer charged with the execution of any duty concerning the selecting, drawing, summoning, empaneling or organizing of jurors or juries shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months.