11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O58.2

18 U.S.C. § 1503

It’s a Federal crime for anyone to corruptly try to influence, intimidate, or

impede any [grand] [petit] juror in any Federal Court.

The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following

facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:

(1) the person described in the indictment was a [grand] [petit] juror in

this Court;

(2) the Defendant tried to influence, intimidate or impede the juror in

performing [his] [her] duties as a juror; [and]

(3) the Defendant acted knowingly and corruptly[.] [; and]

[(4) the petit juror served as such in this Court when it heard a [class

A] [class B] felony criminal case.]

To try to “influence, obstruct, or impede” a [grand] [petit] juror is to take

some action to try to sway the juror’s decision or change how the jury performs or

prevent the jury from performing at all. The Government does not have to prove

that the Defendant succeeded in any way. The Government only has to prove that

the Defendant tried to sway the juror or tried to change how the juror performed or

tried to prevent the juror from performing at all.

To act “corruptly” is to act knowingly and dishonestly for a wrongful

purpose with the specific intent to subvert or undermine the integrity of the court

proceeding in which the juror served.

[A class A felony is any federal criminal offense punishable by life

imprisonment.]

[A class B felony is any federal criminal offense punishable by up to 25

years.]