GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 691

HOUSE BILL 841

 

AN ACT TO PREVENT HARASSMENT OF JURORS OR FORMER JURORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-225.2 is rewritten to read:

"(a)      A person is guilty of harassment of a juror if he:

(1)       With intent to influence the official action of another as a juror, harasses, intimidates, or communicates with the juror or his spouse; or

(2)       As a result of the prior official action of another as a juror in a grand jury proceeding or trial, threatens in any manner or in any place, or intimidates the former juror or his spouse.

(b)       In this section 'juror' means a grand juror or a petit juror and includes a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror.

(c)       A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a) (1) of this section is guilty of a Class I felony. A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a) (2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable as provided in G.S. 14-3(a)."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1985.