16-10-90
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16-10-90.
(a)
A person commits the offense of compounding a crime when, after institution of
criminal proceedings and without leave of the court or of the prosecuting
attorney of the court where the criminal proceedings are pending, he accepts or
agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of a promise, express or implied,
not to prosecute or aid in the prosecution of a criminal offense.
(b)
A person convicted of the offense of compounding a crime which is a felony shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less
than one nor more than five years, or both. A person convicted of the offense of
compounding a crime which is a misdemeanor is guilty of a misdemeanor.