97-9-111 - Bribe receiving by a witness. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-9-111. Bribe receiving by a witness.
 

(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. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 2006.