New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 215.12 Tampering with a witness in the second degree.
A person is guilty of tampering with a witness in the second degree
when he:
1. Intentionally causes physical injury to a person for the purpose of
obstructing, delaying, preventing or impeding the giving of testimony in
a criminal proceeding by such person or another person or for the
purpose of compelling such person or another person to swear falsely; or
2. He intentionally causes physical injury to a person on account of
such person or another person having testified in a criminal proceeding.
Tampering with a witness in the second degree is a class D felony.
