OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
obstruction of justice. Interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. ? Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions.¡ª Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice. [Cases: Obstructing Justice 1; Sentencing and Punishment 761. C.J.S. Obstructing Justice or Governmental Administration ¡ì¡ì 1, 3¨C14, 16, 18¨C20, 25¨C30, 33, 35¨C36, 38.]
¡°The goal, ¡ª to proscribe every wilful act of corruption, intimidation or force which tends in any way to distort or impede the administration of law either civil or criminal ¡ª has been very largely attained, partly by aid of legislation. And any punishable misdeed of such a nature which is not recognized as a distinct crime, is usually called ¡®obstruction of justice,¡¯ or ¡®obstructing justice,¡¯ ¡ª a common-law misdemeanor.¡± Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 552 (3d ed. 1982).
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