§ 5-54-207. Hindering prosecution of terrorism

AR Code § 5-54-207 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution of terrorism if the person renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed terrorism, § 5-54-205, or causing a catastrophe, § 5-38-202, when he or she knows that the person to whom he or she rendered criminal assistance engaged in an act of terrorism or caused a catastrophe.

(b)

(1) Hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class B felony.

(2) However, hindering prosecution of terrorism is a Class D felony if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she stands to the person assisted in the relation of:

(A) Parent, child, brother, or sister or a corresponding step-relationship of the preceding relationships; or

(B) Husband and wife.