191 Ga. App. 92 - Agan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “[a] person commits the offense of bribery when ... [h]e gives or offers to give to any person acting for or on behalf of the state or any political subdivision thereof ... any benefit, reward, or consideration to which he is not entitled with the purpose of influencing him in the performance of any act related to the functions of his office.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Agan · Five Star Partners, L.P. v. Vincent Netherlands Properties, B v. (In Re Five Star Partners, L.P.)

2. “Although we recognize that one of the definitions given to “entitle” is substantially the same as that charged by the trial court, see Black’s Law Dictionary, that same source also defines “entitle” as “[t]o qualify for; to furnish with proper grounds for seeking or claiming.” “Entitle” or “entitled” also has been defined as connoting “the granting of a privilege or right ...; to give the right to demand or receive; ... to furnish with grounds for claiming ...; to furnish with grounds for seeking,” 30 CJS Entitle 720-721, and as “ ‘qualified.’ ” Davis v. City Council, 90 Ga. 817, 820 , 17 S.E. 110 (1893).... ... [A] campaign contribution, whether made to a candidate in the heat of a campaign or to encourage or influence the official after he is elected, is something which a candidate or elected official is qualified or privileged to request or receive and thus is something to which he is “entitled” within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-2.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Five Star Partners, L.P. v. Vincent Netherlands Properties, B v. (In Re Five Star Partners, L.P.)

3. “A campaign contribution means a gift, an advance or deposit of money or anything of value, conveyed or transferred for the purposes of influencing the nomination for election or election of any person for office. ... [A] campaign contribution, as I have just defined for you, can be made directly to the candidate . . . [U]nder Georgia Law campaign contributions can be made for use in future campaigns for elective office . . .: [I]t is not the use to which the money may be put, but it is the purpose for which the money was paid that controls.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Agan