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2020 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - Crimes
Chapter 9 - Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice
Article 3 - Obstruction of Justice
§ 97-9-109. Bribing a witness
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MS Code § 97-9-109 (2020)
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- A person commits the crime of bribing a witness if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding with intent to:
- Influence the testimony of that person;
- Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
- Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
- Bribing a witness is a Class 1 felony.
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