Alaska Stat. § 11.56.900
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In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) improperly influence a witness means to cause or induce a witness to (A) testify falsely, offer misleading testimony, or unlawfully withhold testimony in an official proceeding;
(B) avoid or attempt to avoid legal process summoning the witness to testify in an official proceeding, regardless of whether legal process has issued;
(C) be absent from an official proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or
(D) engage in conduct described in AS 11.56.610 ;
(2) judicial officer means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district court judge, or a magistrate;
(3) juror means a person who is a member of an impanelled jury or a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;
(4) physical evidence means an article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance;
(5) testimony means oral or written statements, documents, or other material that may be offered by a witness in an official proceeding;
(6) witness means (A) a witness summoned or appearing in an official proceeding; or
(B) a person who the defendant believes may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, present or future.
(B) avoid or attempt to avoid legal process summoning the witness to testify in an official proceeding, regardless of whether legal process has issued;
(C) be absent from an official proceeding to which the witness has been summoned; or
(D) engage in conduct described in AS 11.56.610 ;
(2) judicial officer means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district court judge, or a magistrate;
(3) juror means a person who is a member of an impanelled jury or a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;
(4) physical evidence means an article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance;
(5) testimony means oral or written statements, documents, or other material that may be offered by a witness in an official proceeding;
(6) witness means (A) a witness summoned or appearing in an official proceeding; or
(B) a person who the defendant believes may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, present or future.
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