2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title L - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Article 200 - (200.00 - 200.56) BRIBERY INVOLVING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND RELATED OFFENSES
200.15 - Bribe receiving; no defense.

NY Penal L § 200.15 (2014) What's This?
200.15 Bribe receiving; no defense.

1. The crimes of (a) bribe receiving, and (b) larceny committed by means of extortion, attempt to commit the same, coercion and attempt to commit coercion, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a prosecution for bribe receiving that, by reason of the same conduct, the defendant also committed one of such other specified crimes.

2. It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this article that the public servant did not have power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the alleged bribe, gratuity or reward was given.


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