Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
Title 11. CRIMINAL LAW. |
Chapter 11.56. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. |
Article 11.56.04. OFFENSES RELATING TO JUDICIAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS. |
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)