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Penal Law § 180.20 · Article 180. Bribery Not Involving Public Servants, and Related Offenses

Bribing a labor official; defense

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§ 180.20 Bribing a labor official; defense.

In any prosecution for bribing a labor official, it is a defense that the defendant conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the labor official as a result of conduct of the latter constituting larceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the same, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.

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