{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-151","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-151","heading":"Tampering with a witness: Class C felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of tampering with a witness if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted, he induces or attempts to induce a witness to testify falsely, withhold testimony, elude legal process summoning him to testify or absent himself from any official proceeding.\n(b) Tampering with a witness is a class C felony.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XI*. BRIBERY, OFFENSES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND OTHER RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-151","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"690f89d42eddcbccae5c45219ddd0ebcf7ad9a58491e62e03601368d793e1a24","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-150","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-151a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}