Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Friday, March 29, 2024 | Back issues
Courthouse News Service Courthouse News Service

Bribes

TRENTON, N.J. — Unsuccessful candidates for public office who accept bribes can be prosecuted under a New Jersey statute that imposes criminal liability on individuals who “offer or accept” benefits for the performance of official duties, a state appeals court ruled.

Read the opinion here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Criminal, Law, Politics

Subscribe to Closing Arguments

Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.

Loading...