Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-53-108 — Witness bribery
Arkansas·Title 5
(a)A person commits witness bribery if he or she:
(1)Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:
(A)Influencing the testimony of that person;
(B)Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or (2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section.
(b)Witness bribery is a Class B felony.
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Related
Lewellen v. Raff
843 F.2d 1103 (Eighth Circuit, 1988)
Windsor v. State
1 S.W.3d 20 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1999)
Paschal v. State
2012 Ark. 127 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2012)
Legislative History
Amended by Act 2019, No. 1017,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2608; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2608.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Title§ 5-1-102
Definitions§ 5-1-103
Applicability to offenses generally§ 5-1-104
Territorial applicability§ 5-1-106
Felonies§ 5-1-107
Misdemeanors§ 5-1-108
Violations§ 5-1-109
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