N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 641:5

Tampering With Witnesses and Informants

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Town of Newton v. Rumery (1987)

Most recently applied in Moses v. Mele (March 2013)

Source. 1971, 518:1, eff

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A person is guilty of a class B felony if:

I. Believing that an official proceeding, as defined in RSA 641:1, II, or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he attempts to induce or otherwise cause a person to:

(a) Testify or inform falsely; or

(b) Withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; or

(d) Absent himself from any proceeding or investigation to which he has been summoned; or

II. He commits any unlawful act in retaliation for anything done by another in his capacity as witness or informant; or

III. He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of his doing any of the things specified in paragraph I.

Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.