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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-111: Bribe receiving by a witness.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 9. Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice
- Article 3. Obstruction of Justice.
(1) A witness or a person believing he will be called as a witness in any official proceeding commits the crime of bribe receiving by a witness if he intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that:
(a) His testimony will thereby be influenced;
(b) He will attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(c) He will absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(2) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class 1 felony.
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