New York statute
N.Y. Penal Law § 100.15 — Criminal solicitation; no defense
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 100: Criminal Solicitation, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 100.15
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
100.15 Criminal solicitation; no defense.
It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the
person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited owing to
criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to
unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct solicited or of the
defendant's criminal purpose or to other factors precluding the mental
state required for the commission of the crime in question.
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