Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 3. Inchoate Offenses
Article 2. Attempts.
§ 18.2-25. Attempts to commit Class 1 felony offenses; how punished.If any person attempts to commit an offense that is punishable as a Class 1 felony, he is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
Code 1950, § 18.1-16; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 280; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.
§ 18.2-26. Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished.Except as provided in § 18.2-25, every person who attempts to commit an offense that is a felony shall be punished as follows:
(1) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of life imprisonment or a term of years in excess of twenty years, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 4 felony.
(2) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of twenty years' imprisonment, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.
(3) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of less than twenty years' imprisonment, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.
Code 1950, §§ 18.1-17, 18.1-18; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 639; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.
§ 18.2-27. Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished.Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a misdemeanor shall be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt.
Code 1950, § 18.1-19; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 52; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
§ 18.2-28. Maximum punishment for attempts.Any provision in this article notwithstanding, in no event shall the punishment for an attempt to commit an offense exceed the maximum punishment had the offense been committed.
Code 1950, § 18.1-20; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
§ 18.2-29. Criminal solicitation; penalty.Any person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to commit a felony other than murder, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. Any person age eighteen or older who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person under age eighteen to commit a felony other than murder, shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to commit a murder is guilty of a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a term not less than five years or more than forty years.