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.
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