(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.Amended by Act 2019, No. 1017,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2608; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2608.
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