Section 1122.5 Of Chapter 2. The Trial From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
1122.5
. (a) The court, in its discretion, may, at each adjournment
of the court before the submission of the cause to the jury, admonish
the jury, whether permitted to be separate or kept in charge of
officers, that, on pain of contempt of court, no juror shall, prior
to discharge, accept, agree to accept, or benefit, directly or
indirectly, from any payment or other consideration for supplying any
information concerning the trial.
(b) In enacting this section, the Legislature recognizes that the
appearance of justice, and justice itself, may be undermined by any
juror who, prior to discharge, accepts, agrees to accept, or benefits
from valuable consideration for providing information concerning a
criminal trial.