§ 45-8-105

45-8-105. Criminal incitement. (1) 'Criminal incitement' means the advocacy of crime, malicious damage or injury to property, or violence. (2) A person commits the offense of criminal incitement if the person purposely or knowingly advocates the commission of a criminal offense and the advocacy is: (a) directed to inciting or producing that imminent unlawful, criminal action; and (b) likely to incite or produce that unlawful, criminal action. (3) For purposes of this section, 'imminent' means immediate in time, impending, or on the verge of happening. (4) A person convicted of the offense of criminal incitement shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years. History: En. 94-7-503 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 94-7-503; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 350, L. 1999.