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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-10-91. Embracery.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-10-91. Embracery.

(a) A person commits the offense of embracery when he:

(1) With intent to influence a person summoned or serving as a juror, communicates with him otherwise than is authorized by law in an attempt to influence his action as a juror; or

(2) Summoned as a juror, accepts anything of value offered to him with the understanding that it is given with the intent of influencing his action as a juror.

(b) A person convicted of the offense of embracery shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.

## History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 809; Code 1863, § 4390; Code 1868, § 4431; Code 1873, § 4503; Code 1882, § 4503; Penal Code 1895, § 328; Penal Code 1910, § 333; Code 1933, § 26-4702; Code 1933, § 26-2407, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

## Cross References

Juries, § 15-12-1.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of criminal law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (1986).