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SECTION 200.15
Bribe receiving; no defense
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 200
§ 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.