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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.22: Rewarding official misconduct 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

§ 200.22 Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree.

A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the first

degree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any

benefit upon a public servant for having violated his duty as a public

servant 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 the penal law

or the attempt to commit any such class A felony.

Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.

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