Tampering with a witness in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 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.
A person commits second-degree witness tampering by intentionally causing physical injury:
The offense is a class D felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.