Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-112

Retaliation against a witness, informant, or juror

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Oxford (1988)

Most recently applied in Gouge v. BAX Global, Inc. (March 2003)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2612; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2612; Acts 1997, No. 1238, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 465; 2019, No. 1017, § 4.

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(1) A person commits the offense of retaliation against a witness, informant, or juror if he or she harms or threatens to harm another by any unlawful act in retaliation for anything lawfully done in the capacity of witness, informant, or juror.

(2) Retaliation against a witness, informant, or juror is a Class C felony.

(3) “Informant” means a person who provides information to any law enforcement agency in an effort to assist the law enforcement agency in solving a crime or apprehending a person suspected of a criminal offense.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.