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CALCRIM No. 2602

Giving or Offering a Bribe to a Ministerial Officer:

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Value of Thing Offered (Pen. Code, § 67.5(b))

If you find the defendant guilty of (giving/ [or] offering) a bribe to a

(ministerial officer/government employee/government appointee), you

must then decide whether the People have proved the additional

allegation that the defendant (gave/ [or] offered) the (officer/employee/

appointee) (something worth more than $950/ <insert other

item from Pen. Code, § 487>).

The People have the burden of proving this allegation beyond a

reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find

that this allegation has not been proved.

New January 2006; Revised February 2012

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courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
fc46bff30ee078d3541ceab43ab10255c11a4d97c8ce459073a81fe6ff347ac1
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