Tampering with a witness

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

1. A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he:
   1. Intentionally or knowingly attempts to induce a witness or a person he reasonably believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:
      1. Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony;
      2. Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or
   2. Solicits, encourages, threatens, harasses or intimidates or attempts to solicit, encourage, threaten, harass or intimidate a witness in an effort to prevent or dissuade the witness from testifying or to provide a false version of events exonerating or incriminating another person of commission of a crime.
2. Tampering with a witness is a Class 2 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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