State v. Peck’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Any person who injures, or threatens to injure, any person or property, or, with intent to influence a witness, offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding to induce the witness to: (1) Testify falsely; [or] (2) Withhold any testimony, [or] information ... [[Image here]] is guilty of tampering with a witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Adamson

2. “The focus of anti-tampering statutes is on the actions and intent of the person trying to influence the witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Charger