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Alaska Stat. § 11.56.790 (2026)

Compounding

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Sec. 11.56.790. Compounding.
 (a) A person commits the crime of compounding if, unless authorized by AS 12.45.120 or 12.45.130, the person
     (1) confers, offers to confer, or agrees to confer a benefit on another in consideration of that other person's concealing an offense, refraining from initiating or aiding in the prosecution of an offense, or withholding evidence of an offense; or

     (2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit in consideration of concealing an offense, refraining from initiating or aiding in the prosecution of an offense, or withholding evidence of an offense.

 (b) Compounding is a class A misdemeanor.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Moran v. State, 380 P.3d 92 (Alaska Ct. App. 2016).
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Moran v. State, 380 P.3d 92 (Alaska Ct. App. 2016). “540 (first-degree “tampering with a witness”: inducing or attempting to induce a witness to testify falsely or misleadingly, or to unlawfully withhold testimony); AS 11.56.790 ("compounding”: offering a benefit to another person to get them to conceal an offense, or to refrain…”
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