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Ala. Code § 13A-10-124 (2026)

Tampering with a Witness.

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(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he attempts to induce a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:

(1) Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony; or

(2) Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

(b) Tampering with a witness is a Class B misdemeanor.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5020.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1998–2017 · leading case: Ivey v. State, 821 So. 2d 937 (Ala. 2001).
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Ivey v. State, 821 So. 2d 937 (Ala. 2001). · cites it 4× “Code 1975, and tampering with a witness, a violation of § 13A-10-124, Ala. Code 1975. On each count, he was sentenced to a term of six months' imprisonment and was fined $500.”
Trevioun Lamont Cornelius Briggs v. State of Mississippi, 226 So. 3d 59 (Miss. 2017). · cites it 2× “Ala. Code Ann. § 13A-10-124. ¶17. In Ivey v.”
Hayes v. Alabama State Bar, 719 So. 2d 787 (Ala. 1998). · cites it 2× “The indictment against Hayes consisted of five counts that alleged theft of property I, one count that alleged theft of property II, and one count that alleged intimidating a witness in violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-10-124. The indictment against Carter consisted of five…”
State v. Gray, 258 P.3d 242 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). “6 (2001) ("attempts to induce or otherwise cause”); Ala.Code § 13A-10-124 ("attempts to induce”); Alaska Stat.”
DecisionQuest, Inc. v. Hayes, 863 So. 2d 90 (Ala. 2003). “Hayes and Carter were each indicted on multiple counts of first-degree theft of property, one count of second-degree theft of property, and one count alleging that they had intimidated a witness, § 13A-10-124, Ala. Code 1975. On October 29, 1996, the late David Cromwell Johnson,…”
State of Arizona v. Ricky Gray (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). “6 (2001) (“attempts to induce or otherwise cause”); Ala. Code § 13A-10-124 (“attempts to induce”); Alaska Stat.”
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