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Mississippi Code Title 97. Crimes § 97-9-115

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

(1) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he:

(a) 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:

(i) Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony;

(ii) Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or

(b) 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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