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  • SECTION 200.04
    Bribery in the first degree
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    Bribery Involving Public Servants and Related Offenses
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    Bribe receiving in the third degree
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    SECTION 200.05

    Bribery; defense

    Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 200

    § 200.05 Bribery; defense.

    In any prosecution for bribery, it is a defense that the defendant
    conferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the public
    servant involved 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.