Illinois Chapter 720 ILCS 5/32 – Interference With Judicial Procedure
Chapter 720 ILCS 5/32 of the Illinois Revised Statutes: Criminal Offenses covers laws related to the criminal investigation and court process. It sets rules and penalties for actions taken during a trial and investigation.
What Chapter 5/32 Covers
- Lying to the police or in court
- Taking a bribe to refuse to report a crime
- Talking to jurors or witnesses in a trial when you’re not supposed to
- Editing public records to cheat or trick someone
To read more about the individual statutes, use the links below to review several of them, what it means to break them, and the penalties, all explained in plain English.
Chapter 5/32 Statutes Explained
- 720 ILCS 5/32-1 – Compounding a Crime
- 720 ILCS 5/32-2 – Perjury
- 720 ILCS 5/32-3 – Subornation of Perjury
- 720 ILCS 5/32-4 – Communicating With Jurors And Witnesses
- 720 ILCS 5/32-4a – Harassment of Representatives for the Child, Jurors, Witnesses and Others
- 720 ILCS 5/32-4c – Witness Tampering (Accepting Payment in Exchange for Testimony)
- 720 ILCS 5/32-6 – Performance of Unauthorized Acts (In Official Matters)
- 720 ILCS 5/32-7 – Simulating Legal Process
- 720 ILCS 5/32-8 – Tampering With Public Records
- 720 ILCS 5/32-9 – Tampering With Public Notice
- 720 ILCS 5/32-10 – Violation of Bail Bond
- 720 ILCS 5/32-11 – Barratry (Engaging in Habitual Litigation for Profit)
- 720 ILCS 5/32-13 – Unlawful Clouding of Title
Charged With Interference With Judicial Procedure in Illinois?
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