CODE OF VIRGINIA

ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT NONCAPITAL FELONIES; HOW PUNISHED (§ 18.2-26)

Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a noncapital 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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 18.1-17, 18.1-18; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994,
c. 639.