2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 9 - Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice.
97-9-111 - Bribe receiving by a witness.
§ 97-9-111. Bribe receiving by a witness.
(1) A witness or a person believing he will be called as a witness in any official proceeding commits the crime of bribe receiving by a witness if he intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that:
(a) His testimony will thereby be influenced;
(b) He will attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(c) He will absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(2) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class 1 felony.
Sources: Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 2006.
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