§ 5-53-108 - Witness bribery.
               	 		
5-53-108.    Witness bribery.
    (a)  A person commits witness bribery if he or she:
      (1)  Offers,  confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he  or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:
            (A)  Influencing the testimony of that person;
            (B)  Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or
            (C)  Inducing  that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to  which that person has been legally summoned; or
      (2)  Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section.
(b)  Witness bribery is a Class C felony.