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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-207: Hindering prosecution of terrorism

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 54
  4. Subchapter 2

(a) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution of terrorism if the person renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed terrorism, § 5-54-205 , or causing a catastrophe, § 5-38-202 , when he or she knows that the person to whom he or she rendered criminal assistance engaged in an act of terrorism or caused a catastrophe. (b) (1) Hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class B felony. (2) However, hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class D felony if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she stands to the person assisted in the relation of: (A) Parent, child, brother, or sister or a corresponding step-relationship of the preceding relationships; or (B) Husband and wife. Acts 2003, No. 1342, § 3.

(a) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution of terrorism if the person renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed terrorism, § 5-54-205 , or causing a catastrophe, § 5-38-202 , when he or she knows that the person to whom he or she rendered criminal assistance engaged in an act of terrorism or caused a catastrophe.

(b) (1) Hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class B felony. (2) However, hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class D felony if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she stands to the person assisted in the relation of: (A) Parent, child, brother, or sister or a corresponding step-relationship of the preceding relationships; or (B) Husband and wife.

(1) Hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class B felony.

(2) However, hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class D felony if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she stands to the person assisted in the relation of: (A) Parent, child, brother, or sister or a corresponding step-relationship of the preceding relationships; or (B) Husband and wife.

(A) Parent, child, brother, or sister or a corresponding step-relationship of the preceding relationships; or

(B) Husband and wife.

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