re: #244 Charles Johnson

Chuck is basically admitting he paid a witness to lie. This isn’t going to end well for him.

Class 1 felony in Ms.

97-9-109 - Bribing a witness

Universal Citation: MS Code 97-9-109 (2013)

(1) A person commits the crime of bribing a witness if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding with intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of that person;

(b) Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or

(c) Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

(2) Bribing a witness is a Class 1 felony.