Mississippi § 97-9-115 - Tampering with a witness.
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§ 97-9-115. Tampering with a witness.
A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he: Intentionally or knowingly attempts to induce a witness or a person he reasonably believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to: Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony; Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or Solicits, encourages, threatens, harasses or intimidates or attempts to solicit, encourage, threaten, harass or intimidate a witness in an effort to prevent or dissuade the witness from testifying or to provide a false version of events exonerating or incriminating another person of commission of a crime. Tampering with a witness is a Class 2 felony. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section if the actual completion of the threat, harassment or intimidation was prevented from occurring.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-9-115 ("Tampering with a witness.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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