2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 9 - Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice.
97-9-103 - Hindering prosecution or apprehension; definition of "criminal assistance."
§ 97-9-103. Hindering prosecution or apprehension; definition of "criminal assistance."
For the purposes of Sections 97-9-105 and 97-9-107, a person "renders criminal assistance" to another if he knowingly:
(a) Harbors or conceals the other person;
(b) Warns the other person of impending discovery or apprehension, except that this paragraph (b) does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law;
(c) Provides or aids in providing the other person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
(d) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, deception or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of the other person; or
(e) Suppresses, by an act of concealment, alteration or destruction, any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension or conviction of the other person.
Sources: Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2006.
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