CALCRIM No. 2600

Code, § 67)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with (giving/ [or] offering) a

bribe to an executive officer [in violation of Penal Code section 67].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant (gave/ [or] offered) a bribe to an executive officer

in this state [or someone acting on the officer’s behalf];

AND

2. The defendant acted with the corrupt intent to unlawfully

influence that officer’s official (act[,]/ decision[,]/ vote[,]/

opinion[,]/ [or] <insert description of alleged conduct

in other proceeding>).

As used here, bribe means something of present or future value or

advantage, or a promise to give such a thing, that is given or offered

with the corrupt intent to unlawfully influence the public or official

action, vote, decision, [or] opinion, [or <insert description of

alleged conduct at other proceeding>] of the person to whom the bribe is

given.

A person acts with corrupt intent when he or she acts to wrongfully gain

a financial or other advantage for himself, herself, or someone else.

The official (act[,]/ decision[,]/ vote[,]/ opinion[,]/ [or] proceeding) the

defendant sought to influence must have related to an existing subject

that could have been brought before the public officer in his or her

official capacity. It does not have to relate to a duty specifically given by

statute to that officer.

An executive officer is a government official within the executive branch

who may use his or her own discretion in performing his or her job

duties. [(A/An) <insert title, e.g., police offıcer , commissioner ,

etc.> is an executive officer.]

[The executive officer does not need to have (accepted the bribe[,]/ [or]

performed the requested act[,]/ [or] deliberately failed to perform a

duty).]

[Offering a bribe does not require specific words or behavior, as long as

the language used and the circumstances clearly show an intent to bribe.

[The thing offered does not need to actually be given, exist at the time it

is offered, or have a specific value.]]

New January 2006; Revised September 2024