{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "100.15", "citation": "Penal Law § 100.15", "heading": "Criminal solicitation; no defense", "text": ["§ 100.15 Criminal solicitation; no defense.", "It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited owing to criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct solicited or of the defendant's criminal purpose or to other factors precluding the mental state required for the commission of the crime in question."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/100.15", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "In a criminal-solicitation prosecution, it is **no defense that the person solicited could not be guilty** because of criminal irresponsibility, incapacity, exemption, lack of awareness of the crime or defendant’s purpose, or another missing required mental state. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/100.15", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}