May 14th 2011 @12:46pm ( florida statutes ( chapter 918.12 or s.918.13/ relating to tampering with jurors and evidence ) )


Title XLVII

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 918

CONDUCT OF TRIAL
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918.13  Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

(1)  No person, knowing that a criminal trial or proceeding or an
investigation by a duly constituted prosecuting authority, law
enforcement agency, grand jury or legislative committee of this state is
pending or is about to be instituted, shall:

(a)  Alter, destroy, conceal, or remove any record, document, or
thing with the purpose to impair its verity or availability in such
proceeding or investigation; or

(b)  Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing, knowing it to be false.

(2)  Any person who violates any provision of this section shall
be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.–s. 2, ch. 72-315.