Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

16-4-6. Penalties for criminal attempt.

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(a)
A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a crime punishable by death or by life imprisonment shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than 30 years.#
(b)
A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a felony, other than a felony punishable by death or life imprisonment, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than one-half the maximum period of time for which he or she could have been sentenced if he or she had been convicted of the crime attempted, by one-half the maximum fine to which he or she could have been subjected if he or she had been convicted of the crime attempted, or both.#
(c)
A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a misdemeanor shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.#

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, § 26-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 501, § 1/SB 79.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2007, p. 501, § 2/SB 79, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to all crimes committed on and after July 1, 2007.

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