Bribe receiving by a juror · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.20 Bribe receiving by a juror.
A juror is guilty of bribe receiving by a juror when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced.
Bribe receiving by a juror is a class D felony.
A juror who solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept a benefit under an agreement that it will influence the juror’s vote, opinion, judgment, decision, or other action commits bribe receiving by 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.