A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of a crime or of any
other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, upon demand by a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the performance
of his/her official duties, he/she refuses to report or gives a false
report of his/her name and present address to such officer.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding
if, with purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or
witness and thereby to influence a judicial proceeding, he/she disrupts
or disturbs a judicial proceeding by participating in an assembly
and calling aloud, shouting, or holding or displaying a placard or
sign containing written or printed matter concerning the conduct of
the judicial proceeding or the character of a judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness engaged in such proceeding or calling for or demanding
any specified action or determination by such judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness in connection with such proceeding.
A person commits the offense of improper communication if he/she
communicates, directly or indirectly, with any juror, special master,
referee or arbitrator in a judicial proceeding, other than as part
of the proceedings in a case, for the purpose of influencing the official
action of such person.
[Ord. No. 713 §§1 —
2, 1-12-1993]
A. A person
commits the offense of making a false declaration if with the purpose
of misleading a public servant in the performance of his/her duty:
1. He/she makes a written false statement about a material fact believing
it is not true:
a. In an application to receive a payment or other type of benefit;
or
b. On a form which declares that false statements are punishable by
law.
2. A person makes or encourages another to rely on:
a. A writing he/she knows is forged, altered or otherwise not authentic;
or
b. A sample, specimen, map, boundary mark or other object he/she knows
is false.
B. Proof Of Falsity Of Statements.
1. This Section specifically sets out the type of evidence required
to prove perjury, the making of a false affidavit or the making of
a false declaration. The Statute provides:
2. No person shall be convicted of a violation based upon the making
of a false statement except upon proof of the falsity of the statement
by:
a. The direct evidence of two (2) witnesses;
b. The direct evidence of one (1) witness together with strongly corroborating
circumstances;
c. Demonstrative evidence which conclusively proves the falsity of the
statement;
d. A directly contradictory statement by the defendant under oath together
with:
(1)
The direct evidence of one (1) witness;
(2)
Strongly corroborating circumstances.
e. A judicial admission by the defendant that he/she made the statement
knowing it was false. An admission, which is not a judicial admission,
by the defendant that he/she made the statement knowing it was false
may constitute strongly corroborating circumstances.
[CC 1991 §235.150; CC 1970 §13-27; Ord. No. 142 §12, 3-22-1952]
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, resist
or otherwise interfere with any City Officer in the discharge of his/her
official duties.
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted
escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for
any crime or offense, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.