Intimidating a witness

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Crimes
4. Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice
5. Obstruction of Justice
6. Intimidating a witness

1. A person commits the crime of intimidating a witness if he intentionally or knowingly:
   1. Attempts, by use of a threat directed to a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceedings, to:
      1. Influence the testimony of that person;
      2. Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
      3. Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned;
   2. Harasses or intimidates or attempts to threaten, harass or intimidate a witness or a person reasonably expected to be a witness;
   3. Attempts to influence the testimony of a witness or a person reasonably expected to be a witness by rendering criminal assistance to another being investigated for or charged with criminal activity; or
   4. Solicits, encourages or requests a witness to provide false information intended to defeat or defend against an existing criminal charge or to hinder or interfere an ongoing investigation of a criminal act.
2. Intimidating a witness is a Class 1 felony.
3. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section if the actual completion of the threat, harassment or intimidation was prevented from occurring.

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