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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.04: Bribery in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title L. Offenses Against Public Administration
  4. Article 200. Bribery Involving Public Servants and Related Offenses

§ 200.04 Bribery in the first degree.

A person is guilty of bribery in the first degree when the person

confers, or offers or agrees to confer: (1) any benefit upon a public

servant upon an agreement or understanding that such public servant's

vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a

public servant will thereby be influenced in the investigation, arrest,

detention, prosecution or incarceration of any person for the commission

or alleged commission of a class A felony defined in article two hundred

twenty of this part or an attempt to commit any such class A felony; or

(2) any benefit valued in excess of one hundred thousand dollars upon a

public servant upon an agreement or understanding that such public

servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of

discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.

Bribery in the first degree is a class B felony.

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