N.Y. PEN Law § 215.45
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 215.45, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Compounding a crime
Official statutory text
§ 215.45 Compounding a crime.\n 1. A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:\n (a) He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an\nagreement or understanding that he will refrain from initiating a\nprosecution for a crime; or\n (b) He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon\nanother person upon an agreement or understanding that such other person\nwill refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.\n 2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense\nthat the benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably\nbelieved to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by\nthe crime.\n Compounding a crime is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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