Sec. 53a-147. Bribery: Class C felony. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 53a-147. Bribery: Class C felony. (a) A person is guilty of bribery if he promises, offers, confers or agrees to confer upon a public servant or a person selected to be a public servant, any benefit as consideration for the recipient's decision, opinion, recommendation or vote as a public servant or a person selected to be a public servant.

      (b) Bribery is a class C felony.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 149; P.A. 80-479, S. 2; P.A. 03-259, S. 46.)

      History: P.A. 80-479 included bribery of persons selected to be public servants in provisions and bribery consisting of promises of benefits for recipient's decision, opinion, recommendation of vote, deleting reference to "other exercise of discretion"; P.A. 03-259 amended Subsec. (b) to change bribery from a class D felony to a class C felony.

      Offense of offering gratuity requires element of proof, specific intent, which is not needed to prove greater offense of bribery. 172 C. 458. It is no defense for crime of bribery that police officer had no authority to take action desired by bribe given. Id. Covers crime of bribery in broad terms and is not limited to administration of justice and attempts to influence legislation. Id. Sec. 29-9 is not lesser included offense to this charge, and acceptance of guilty plea to said section was nullity. Id., 608.

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