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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-149 (2025)

Bribery of a witness: Class C felony

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(a) A person is guilty of bribery of a witness if he offers, confers or agrees to confer upon a witness any benefit to influence the testimony or conduct of such witness in, or in relation to, an official proceeding.

(b) Bribery of a witness is a class C felony.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 151; P.A. 03-259, S. 48.)

History: P.A. 03-259 amended Subsec. (b) to change bribery of a witness from a class D felony to a class C felony.

Cited. 192 C. 98.

Cited. 12 CA 74. State not required to establish existence of official proceeding at time of defendant's offer because definitions in Sec. 53a-146 encompass future proceedings that may be held and witnesses who may be summoned, and because crime of bribery is committed as soon as offer is made and, thus, it is irrelevant whether offer was made before or after institution of official proceeding; section is specific intent crime, requiring that act be made with the intent of influencing testimony or conduct. 160 CA 251. Trial court's interpretation of the term “influence” as meaning to alter comports with the state Supreme Court's construction of the relevant statutory language. 164 CA 459.

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Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2021 · leading case: Davis v. Comm'r of Corr., 233 A.3d 1106 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
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Davis v. Comm'r of Corr., 233 A.3d 1106 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 15× “In this certified appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly rejected his claims of ineffective assistance of both trial and appellate counsel for their failure (1) to challenge General Statutes § 53a-149 as unconstitutionally overbroad on its face with respect to…”
State v. White, 17 A.3d 72 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “on, rendered after a trial by jury, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, criminal use of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-216 (a), tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151 (a), conspiracy to commit tampering with a…”
State v. O'Donnell, 166 A.3d 646 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 7× “The defendant, Gerald O'Donnell, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149 and tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151.”
State v. Brantley, 138 A.3d 347 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 9× “After a trial to the court, the defendant, Aaron Brantley, was convicted of one count of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149. The defendant now appeals, claiming that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction.”
White v. Comm'r of Corr., 267 A.3d 289 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “ner was charged with murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, criminal use of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-216 (a), tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a- 151 (a), conspiracy to commit tampering with a witness in violation…”
State v. Bryant, 767 A.2d 166 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “e judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 and 53a-54a (a), assault in the first degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 and 53a-59 (a) (1), conspiracy to commit murder in…”
State v. Pierro, 470 A.2d 240 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 4× “After a jury trial the defendant was acquitted of the crime of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149 (a). 1 After this verdict the defendant filed a motion 2 for the return of $20,000 which the state in the criminal action had claimed to constitute the…”
State v. Davis, No. AC36476 (Conn. App. Ct. Oct. 6, 2015). · cites it 14× “The defendant, Edward Victor Davis, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of operating a motor vehicle with an elevated blood alcohol content in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a (a) (2), one count of bribery of a witness in…”
Trimmer v. Comm'r of Corr., 988 A.2d 914 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 2× “…violation of probation pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-32, two counts of tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151 and two counts of witness bribery in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149. The following facts and procedural history are…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-149(a): 2 cases
State v. O'Donnell, 166 A.3d 646 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). “The defendant, Gerald O'Donnell, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149 and tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151.”
State v. Brantley, 138 A.3d 347 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). “After a trial to the court, the defendant, Aaron Brantley, was convicted of one count of bribery of a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-149. The defendant now appeals, claiming that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction.”
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