Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-10-125

Bribing a Juror

The defendant is charged with bribing a juror.

A person commits the crime of bribing a juror if he/she offers, confers or agrees to

confer any pecuniary benefit upon a juror with the intent that the juror’s vote, opinion,

decision or other action as a juror will thereby be corruptly influenced.

To convict, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following

elements:

(1) The defendant offered, conferred or agreed to confer a pecuniary benefit

[describe], upon a juror [name]; (AND)

(2) The defendant did so with the intent that the juror’s vote, opinion, decision

or other action as a juror would thereby be corruptly influenced.

A pecuniary benefit is a benefit in the form of money, property, commercial

interests or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain. Expenses

associated with social occasions afforded public servant s and party officers shall not be

deemed a pecuniary benefit. [13A-10-60(b)(2)]

A benefit is any gain or advantage to the beneficiary, including any gain or

advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary. [13A-10-

60(b)(1)]

A juror is a person who is a member of any jury, including a grand jury, impaneled

by any court of this state or by any public servant authorized by law to impanel a jury. The

term juror also includes any person who has been summoned or whose name has been

drawn to attend as a prospective juror. [13A-10-120(b)(1)]

A person acts intentionally with respect to a result or to conduct described by a

statute defining an offense when his/her purpose is to cause that result or to engage in

that conduct. [13A-2-2(1)]

If you find from the evidence that the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt

each of the above elements of bribing a juror, then you shall find the defendant guilty of

bribing a juror.

If you find that the State has failed to prove any one o r more of the elements of

bribing a juror, then you cannot find the defendant guilty of bribing a juror.

[If lesser-included offenses are included, the Court should instruct on those

offenses at this point.]

[Approved 6-17-16.]