39-16-507 - Coercion of witness. - Tennessee Statutes

39-16-507. Coercion of witness.

(a)  A person commits an offense who, by means of coercion, influences or attempts to influence a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding with intent to influence the witness to:

     (1)  Testify falsely;

     (2)  Withhold any truthful testimony, truthful information, document or thing; or

     (3)  Elude legal process summoning the witness to testify or supply evidence, or to be absent from an official proceeding to which the witness has been legally summoned.

(b)  A violation of this section is a Class D felony.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 980, § 8.]