Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 4. CRIMINAL ATTEMPT, CONSPIRACY, AND SOLICITATION

16-4-2. Conviction for criminal attempt where crime completed.

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A person may be convicted of the offense of criminal attempt if the crime attempted was actually committed in pursuance of the attempt but may not be convicted of both the criminal attempt and the completed crime.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 26-1004, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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