§ 18-8-703 — Bribing a witness or victim

Colorado § 18-8-703

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 18: Criminal
• Art.: Offenses - Governmental Operations

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(1) A person commits bribing a
witness or victim if he or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a
witness, or a victim, or a person he or she believes is to be called to testify as a
witness or victim in any official proceeding, or upon a member of the witness'
family, a member of the victim's family, a person in close relationship to the witness
or victim, or a person residing in the same household as the witness or victim with
intent to:

(a) Influence the witness or victim to testify falsely or unlawfully withhold
any testimony; or

(b) Induce the witness or victim to avoid legal process summoning him to
testify; or

(c) Induce the witness or victim to absent himself or herself from an official
proceeding.

(2) Bribing a witness or victim is a class 4 felony.

Legislative History

Source: L. 84: Entire part added, p. 501, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2004: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended, p. 435, � 1, effective July 1.