State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Mississippi > Title-97 > 9 > 97-9-115§ 97-9-115. Tampering with a witness.
(1) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he intentionally or knowingly attempts to induce a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:
(a) Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony; or
(b) Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(2) Tampering with a witness is a Class 2 felony.
Sources: Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 8, eff from and after July 1, 2006.
