(1) A person commits intimidating a witness or victim if, by use of a threat, act of harassment as defined in section 18-9-111, or act of harm or injury to any person or property directed to or committed upon a witness in any criminal or civil proceeding; a victim of any crime; a person he or she believes has been or is to be called or who would have been called to testify as a witness in any criminal or civil proceeding or a victim of any crime; a member of the witness' family; a member of the victim's family; a person in close relationship to the witness or victim; a person residing in the same household with the witness or victim; or any person who has reported a crime or who may be called to testify as a witness to or victim of any crime, he or she intentionally attempts to or does:
Influence the witness or victim to testify falsely or unlawfully withhold any testimony; or
Induce the witness or victim to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
Induce the witness or victim to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding;or
Inflict such harm or injury prior to such testimony or expected testimony.
(2) Intimidating a witness or victim is a class 4 felony.
Source: L. 84: Entire part added, p. 501, § 4, effective July 1. L. 88: IP(1) amended, p. 714, § 23, effective July 1. L. 90: IP(1) amended, p. 987, § 11, effective April 24. L. 91: IP(1) amended, p. 407, § 15, effective June 6. L. 2003: IP(1) amended, p. 1433, § 27, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(c) amended, p. 435, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2018: IP(1) amended, (SB 18-169), ch. 162, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 18-8-604 as it existed prior to 1984.