18 Usc 1512 K

• Category: Federal - Jury Instructions - 7th Circuit
• State: Multi-State
• Control #: US-JURY-7THCIR-18-1512-B-2-C
• Format: Rich Text

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Official Pattern Jury Instructions adopted by Federal 7th Circuit Court. All converted to Word format. Please see the official site for addional information. www.ca7.uscourts.gov/pattern-jury-instructions/pattern-jury.htm 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1512(B)(2)© Witness Tampering—- Evading Legal Process is a federal law that prohibits a person from knowingly engaging in conduct intended to persuade or intimidate a witness in a criminal or civil proceeding from providing information, testifying, or producing documents or other evidence. This includes attempts to influence or prevent the attendance or testimony of a witness in a civil or criminal proceeding by offering, conferring, or agreeing to confer any benefit upon such witness or by threatening or attempting to do so. This law also prohibits a person from knowingly evading legal process, such as a subpoena, in order to prevent the production of documents or other evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding. Types of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1512(B)(2)© Witness Tampering—- Evading Legal Process include: 1. Offering or conferring a benefit to a witness in order to influence their testimony or attendance. 2. Threatening a witness in order to influence their testimony or attendance. 3. Evading legal process, such as a subpoena, in order to prevent the production of documents or other evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding.

18 U.S.C. Sec. 1512(B)(2)© Witness Tampering—- Evading Legal Process is a federal law that prohibits a person from knowingly engaging in conduct intended to persuade or intimidate a witness in a criminal or civil proceeding from providing information, testifying, or producing documents or other evidence. This includes attempts to influence or prevent the attendance or testimony of a witness in a civil or criminal proceeding by offering, conferring, or agreeing to confer any benefit upon such witness or by threatening or attempting to do so. This law also prohibits a person from knowingly evading legal process, such as a subpoena, in order to prevent the production of documents or other evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding. Types of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1512(B)(2)© Witness Tampering—- Evading Legal Process include: 1. Offering or conferring a benefit to a witness in order to influence their testimony or attendance. 2. Threatening a witness in order to influence their testimony or attendance. 3. Evading legal process, such as a subpoena, in order to prevent the production of documents or other evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding.