Section 11.56.540. Tampering with a witness in the first degree.  


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  •    (a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the first degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to
            (1) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding; or
            (2) be absent from a judicial proceeding to which the witness has been summoned.
       (b) Tampering with a witness in the first degree is a class C felony.

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History

(Sec. 6 ch 166 SLA 1978; am Sec. 1 ch 122 SLA 1982)