What is Interfering with Judicial Proceedings in Arizona A.R.S. 13-2810?
A person commits interfering with judicial proceedings in Arizona if such person knowingly:
- engages in disorderly, disrespectful or insolent behavior during the session of a court which directly tends to interrupt its proceedings or impairs the respect due to its authority;
- disobeys or resists the lawful order, process or other mandate of a court; refuses to be sworn or affirmed as a witness in any court proceeding; publishes a false or grossly inaccurate report of a court proceeding;
- refuses to serve as a juror unless exempted by law; or fails inexcusably to attend a trial at which he has been chosen to serve as a juror.
Interfering with judicial proceedings encompasses a variety of related offenses. Some of these offenses include the tampering with a witness as well as tampering with physical evidence. Physical evidence can include any object, document, record or other thing of physical substance.
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