Section 200.12. Bribe receiving in the first degree  


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  • A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the first degree when
      he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person
      upon  an  agreement  or  understanding that his 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.
        Bribe receiving in the first degree is a class B felony.