Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title13A CRIMINAL CODE. |
Chapter10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. |
Article6. Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings. |
§13A-10-124. Tampering with a witness.
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(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he attempts to induce a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:
(1) Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony; or
(2) Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(b) Tampering with a witness is a Class B misdemeanor.