Section 200.04. Bribery in the first degree  


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  • A  person is guilty of bribery in the first degree when he confers, or
      offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public  servant  upon  an
      agreement  or  understanding  that  such public servant's vote, opinion,
      judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant
      will thereby be influenced  in  the  investigation,  arrest,  detention,
      prosecution or incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged
      commission  of a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of
      the penal law or an attempt to commit any such class A felony.
        Bribery in the first degree is a class B felony.