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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title L - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Article 200 - (200.00 - 200.55) BRIBERY INVOLVING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND RELATED OFFENSES
200.15 - Bribe receiving; no defense.


NY Penal L § 200.15 (2012) 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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