(a) A person commits the crime of interfering with judicial proceedings if: (1) He engages in disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior, committed during the sitting of a court in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect due its authority; (2) He intentionally creates a breach of the peace or disturbance under circumstances directly tending to interrupt a court’s proceedings; (3) As an attorney, clerk or other officer of the court, he knowingly fails to perform or violates a duty of his office, or knowingly disobeys a lawful directive or order of a court; (4) Knowing that he is not authorized to practice law, he represents himself to be an attorney and acts as such in a court proceeding; or (5) He records or attempts to record the deliberation of a jury.
(b) Interfering with judicial proceedings is a Class B misdemeanor.
History: (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5050.)