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Mississippi Code Title 97. Crimes § 97-9-111

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A witness or a person believing he will be called as a witness in any official proceeding commits the crime of bribe receiving by a witness if he intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that:

(a) His testimony will thereby be influenced;

(b) He will attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or

(c) He will absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

(2) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class 1 felony.

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