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BRIBING A WITNESS
162.265 Bribing a witness. (1) A person commits the crime of bribing a witness if the person offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a witness in any official proceeding, or a person the person believes may be called as a witness, with the intent that:
(a) The testimony of the person as a witness will thereby be influenced; or
(b) The person will avoid legal process summoning the person to testify; or
(c) The person will be absent from any official proceeding to which the person has been legally summoned.
(2) Bribing a witness is a Class C felony.