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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="9-301" title_number="9" title_name="Crimes Against Public Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Obstructing Justice">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Official proceeding” includes a criminal trial, a hearing related to a criminal trial or adjudicatory hearing, a grand jury proceeding, and any other proceeding that is part of a criminal action or juvenile delinquency case.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Victim” means a person against whom a crime or delinquent act has been committed or attempted.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Witness” means a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has knowledge of the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>makes a declaration under oath that is received as evidence for any purpose;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has reported a crime or delinquent act to a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, intake officer, correctional officer, or judicial officer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of a court of this State, any other state, or the United States.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
