Witness bribery

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Criminal Offenses
4. Offenses Against the Administration of Government
5. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Official Proceedings
6. General Provisions
7. Witness bribery

1. (a) A person commits witness bribery if he or she:

   1. (1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:

      1. (A) Influencing the testimony of that person;

      2. (B) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or

      3. (C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or

   2. (2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section.

2. (b) Witness bribery is a Class B felony.

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