Arkansas § 5-53-109 Intimidating a witness

Arkansas Statutes

§ 5-53-109 — Intimidating a witness

Arkansas § 5-53-109

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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-109 (2026).

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(a)A person commits the offense of intimidating a witness if he or she threatens a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:

(1)Influencing the testimony of that person;

(2)Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (3) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned.

(b)Intimidating a witness is a Class B felony.

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(a) A person commits the offense of intimidating a witness if he or she threatens a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of: (1) Influencing the testimony of that person; (2) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (3) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned. (b) Intimidating a witness is a Class B felony.