Bribing a juror · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.19 Bribing a juror.
A person is guilty of bribing a juror when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a juror upon an agreement or understanding that such juror's vote, opinion, judgment, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced.
Bribing a juror is a class D felony.
A person who gives, offers, or agrees to give a juror a benefit under an agreement that it will influence the juror’s vote, opinion, judgment, decision, or other action commits bribing a juror, a class D felony. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.