21.10 TAMPERING WITH A [WITNESS] [VICTIM] [INFORMANT]

To prove the crime of Tampering with a [Witness] [Victim] [Informant], the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

Give as applicable.

1. (Defendant) knowingly

a. used or attempted to use intimidation or physical force against (name of person).

b. threatened or attempted to threaten (name of person).

c. engaged in misleading conduct toward (name of person).

d. offered pecuniary benefit or gain to (name of person).

2. (Defendant) did so, with intent to cause or induce [any person] [(name of person)] to

a. withhold testimony or withhold a record, document, or other object, from an official [investigation] [proceeding].

b. alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal an object with intent to impair the integrity or availability of the object for use in an official [investigation] [proceeding]..

c. evade legal process summoning [him] [her] to appear as a witness, or to produce a record, document, or other object, in an official [investigation] [proceeding]..

d. be absent from an official proceeding to which [he] [she] has been summoned by legal process.

e. hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer or judge of information relating to the commission or possible commission of [an offense] [a violation of a condition of [probation] [parole] [release pending a judicial proceeding].

f. testify untruthfully in an official [investigation] [proceeding].

3. The official [investigation] [proceeding] involved the [investigation] [or] [prosecution] of (insert appropriate type of investigation or proceeding, e.g., first degree murder, non-criminal offense, etc.).