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609.498.1b(a)(5)
Statute ID:
8237
Statute Function ID:
5335
Tampering w/a Witness-Aggravated First Degree-Causes/Threatens GBH-Coerce False Info to Law Enforce
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Felony (F)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Crimes Against Adm of Justice (X) (Rank 18)
Detailed Offense Code:
Tampering (970.02)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
13C
Assault-Intimidation
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
609.498.1b(a)(5)
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 1997
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Tampering w/a Witness-Aggravated First Degree-Causes/Threatens GBH-Coerce False Info to Law Enforce
Statute ID:
8237
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Tampering w/a Witness-Aggravated First Degree-Causes/Threatens GBH-Coerce False Info to Law Enforce
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/498.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
(a) A person is guilty of aggravated first-degree witness tampering if the person causes or, by means of an implicit or explicit credible threat, threatens to cause great bodily harm or death to another in the course of committing any of the following acts intentionally: (1) preventing or dissuading or attempting to prevent or dissuade a person who is or may become a witness from attending or testifying at any criminal trial or proceeding; (2) coercing or attempting to coerce a person who is or may become a witness to testify falsely at any criminal trial or proceeding; (3) retaliating against a person who was summoned as a witness at any criminal trial or proceeding within a year following that trial or proceeding or within a year following the actor's release from incarceration, whichever is later; (4) preventing or dissuading or attempting to prevent or dissuade a person from providing information to law enforcement authorities concerning a crime; (5) coercing or attempting to coerce a person to provide false information concerning a crime to law enforcement authorities; or (6) retaliating against any person who has provided information to law enforcement authorities concerning a crime within a year of that person providing the information or within a year of the actor's release from incarceration, whichever is later. (b) A person convicted of committing any act prohibited by paragraph (a) may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.
