Alaska Statutes 11.56.540 – Tampering with a witness in the first degree

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness in the first degree if the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness to

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
Class C felony	up to 5 years	up to $50,000

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person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

(1) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding; or

(2) be absent from a judicial proceeding to which the witness has been summoned.

(b) Tampering with a witness in the first degree is a class C felony.