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AS 11.56.540: Tampering with a witness in the first degree.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 11. Criminal Law.
- Chapter 56. Offenses Against Public Administration.
- Article 4. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings.
(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the first degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to
(1) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding; or
(2) be absent from a judicial proceeding to which the witness has been summoned.
(b) Tampering with a witness in the first degree is a class C felony.
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