NYSentencing

§ 215.45 Compounding a crime.
  1.  A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:
  (a)   He  solicits,  accepts  or  agrees  to  accept  any benefit upon an
agreement  or  understanding  that  he  will  refrain  from  initiating   a
prosecution for a crime; or
  (b)   He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon another
person upon an agreement or  understanding  that  such  other  person  will
refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.
  2.   In  any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense
that the benefit did not exceed an amount which  the  defendant  reasonably
believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the
crime.
  Compounding a crime is a class A misdemeanor.
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