CODE OF VIRGINIA

CRIMINAL SOLICITATION; PENALTY (§ 18.2-29)

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.

HISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, cc. 364, 440; 2002, cc. 615, 635.