(a) No person in public or private employ, or public official shall corruptly accept,
or obtain or agree to accept, or attempt to obtain from any person, for himself or
herself or any other person, any gift or valuable consideration as an inducement or
reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act
in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city,
or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor
or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master,
employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.
(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did
not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward
or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
14
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2023 · leading case:
State v. Oster, 922 A.2d 151 (R.I. 2007).
State v. Oster, 922 A.2d 151 (R.I. 2007).
· cites it 5× “Facts and Travel The defendant, Jonathan Oster (defendant or Oster), the former town administrator for the Town of Lincoln, was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain a bribe by a public official in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-7-3 1 and two…”
State v. Salvatore, 763 A.2d 985 (R.I. 2001).
· cites it 3× “He was tried before a jury in Providence County Superior Court and convicted of count 5, bribery in violation of G.L.1956 §§ 11-7-3 and 11-7-5, and count 9, filing a false document in violation of G.”
State v. Murphy, 323 A.2d 561 (R.I. 1974).
· cites it 4× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-7-3. This statute bans the solicitation of a bribe by public officials.”
State v. Brown, 486 A.2d 595 (R.I. 1985).
· cites it 2× “Another count charges the requisite one act of racketeering activity: the alleged bribery in violation of § 11-7-3 that occurred on July 10, 1979, a month after RICO became effective.”
State v. Mattera, 671 A.2d 1227 (R.I. 1996).
· cites it 3× “The defendant, an attorney, was charged with soliciting a bribe in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-7-3 while acting as an agent for Gerald Pouliot (Pouliot), assistant city solicitor of the city of Pawtucket.”
Ret. Bd. of Employees' Ret. Sys. v. DiPrete, 845 A.2d 270 (R.I. 2004).
· cites it 2× “1956 § 11-1-6; solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee or public official in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-7-3; and extortion by a public official in violation of G.”
State v. Parente, 460 A.2d 430 (R.I. 1983).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-4-3 and with accepting a bribe as a *433 public official in violation of § 11-7-3. At trial, the state dismissed the count charging defendant with the crime of statutory burning and the trial justice granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the count…”
United States v. Urciuoli, 613 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2010).
“3d at 299 ; see also R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 11-7-3 to -4 (criminally prohibiting bribery of a state official).”
State v. DiPrete, 682 A.2d 1373 (R.I. 1996).
· cites it 5× “Those counts had been charged pursuant to G.L.1956 § 11-7-3 (“Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official”).”
United States v. Manzo, 851 F. Supp. 2d 797 (D.N.J. 2012).
“§§ 4501, 4701 (prohibiting bribe receipt by public servants without naming candidates in its definition of "public servant”); Rhode Island: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-3 (pro *818 hibiting solicitation or acceptance of bribes by-public officials for any act in which he or she is an…”
In re McDonald, 337 A.2d 248 (R.I. 1975).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-7-3 from The Kinney Company, a Rhode Island corporation.”
Ret. Bd. of Employees'ret. Sys. v. Diprete, 845 A.2d 270 (R.I. 2004).
· cites it 2× “1956 § 11-1-6; solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee or public official in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-7-3; and extortion by a public official in violation of G.”
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