Crimes which may be compromised

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  • (a) No crime may be compromised, nor any proceeding for the prosecution or punishment therefor stayed upon a compromise, except as provided in this chapter or other law.

  • (b) When an information charges a misdemeanor, for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a civil action, the crime may be compromised except when it was committed —

    • (1) by or upon an officer of the peace while in the execution of the duties of his office; or

    • (2) riotously; or

    • (3) with intent to commit a felony.


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