Indiana § 34-47-2-3 Assaulting, influencing, or intimidating witnesses

Indiana Statutes

§ 34-47-2-3 — Assaulting, influencing, or intimidating witnesses

Indiana·Title 34 CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE·Art. 47 CONTEMPT OF COURT·Ch. 2 Direct Contempt of Court

A person:

(1)who:

(A)offers, gives, or promises any reward to;

(B)threatens to assault or injure;

(C)assaults or beats; or

(D)in any other manner influences, intimidates, or attempts to influence; any witness to give or abstain from giving testimony in any case, or to abstain from attending as a witness in any case;

(2)who does any act to put a witness in fear, on account of any testimony that the witness may have given; or

(3)who, on account of any testimony, injures or threatens to injure a witness; is guilty of a direct contempt of the court in which the witness may be called to testify, if the acts are done in the presence of the court. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-7-4 part.]

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A person:
(1) who:
(A) offers, gives, or promises any reward to;
(B) threatens to assault or injure;
(C) assaults or beats; or
(D) in any other manner influences, intimidates, or attempts to
influence;
any witness to give or abstain from giving testimony in any case,
or to abstain from attending as a witness in any case;
(2) who does any act to put a witness in fear, on account of any
testimony that the witness may have given; or
(3) who, on account of any testimony, injures or threatens to
injure a witness;
is guilty of a direct contempt of the court in which the witness may be
called to testify, if the acts are done in the presence of the court.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-7-4 part.]

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