Miss. Code § 97-9-115 Tampering With a Witness

• Library: Mississippi Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Miss. Code § 97-9-115

(1) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he:

(a) Intentionally or knowingly attempts to induce a witness or a person he reasonably believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:

(i) Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony;

(ii) Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or

(b) Solicits, encourages, threatens, harasses or intimidates or attempts to solicit, encourage, threaten, harass or intimidate a witness in an effort to prevent or dissuade the witness from testifying or to provide a false version of events exonerating or incriminating another person of commission of a crime.