Witness bribery

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-108 — under Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Official Proceedings.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-108

(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.

(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

(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 B felony.