Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.70 — Coercion; no defense
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.70
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 135.70 Coercion; no defense.
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N.Y. Penal Law § 135.70 — Coercion; no defense is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 135.70 Coercion; no defense.
The crimes of (a) coercion and attempt to commit coercion, and (b) bribe receiving by a labor official as defined in section 180.20, and bribe receiving as defined in section 200.05, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a prosecution for coercion or an attempt to commit coercion that, by reason of the same conduct, the defendant also committed one of such specified crimes of bribe receiving.