Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-53-109 — Intimidating a witness
Arkansas·Title 5
(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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Related
Reed v. State
209 S.W.3d 449 (Court of Appeals of Arkansas, 2005)
United States v. Michael Cooper
368 F. App'x 696 (Eighth Circuit, 2010)
Legislative History
Amended by Act 2019, No. 1017,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2609; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2609.
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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