Section 141 Of Chapter 6. Falsifying Evidence, And Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating Or Threatening Witnesses From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person who
knowingly, willfully, intentionally, and wrongfully alters, modifies,
plants, places, manufactures, conceals, or moves any physical
matter, digital image, or video recording, with specific intent that
the action will result in a person being charged with a crime or with
the specific intent that the physical matter will be wrongfully
produced as genuine or true upon a trial, proceeding, or inquiry, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A peace officer who knowingly, willfully, intentionally, and
wrongfully alters, modifies, plants, places, manufactures, conceals,
or moves any physical matter, digital image, or video recording, with
specific intent that the action will result in a person being
charged with a crime or with the specific intent that the physical
matter, digital image, or video recording will be concealed or
destroyed, or fraudulently represented as the original evidence upon
a trial, proceeding, or inquiry, is guilty of a felony punishable by
two, three, or five years in the state prison.
(c) This section does not preclude prosecution under both this
section and any other law.