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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-116

Bribing a judge

Laws, 2008, ch. 428, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2008.

(1) A person commits the crime of bribing a judge if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a judge with the intent that the judge’s decision, vote, recommendation or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding will thereby be influenced.

(2) Bribing a judge is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and by a fine three (3) times the amount of the bribe but in no case less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.