79629618.2-29Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Crimes And Offenses GenerallyInchoate OffensesAttemptsCriminal solicitation; penalty1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, cc. 364, 440; 2002, cc. 615, 635.Bloom v. Com.010600554 S.E.2d 842001-11-02https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059423/bloom-v-com/ . . . solicitation to commit sodomy, in violation of Code § 18.2-29. The jury fixed Bloom's . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Branche v. Com.0780961489 S.E.2d 6921997-09-02https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1067315/branche-v-com/ . . . statutory scheme found in Code §§ 18.2-29 and 18.2-346. Code § 18.2-29 provides that a person who . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Ford v. Com.Record No. 1276-87-2391 S.E.2d 6031990-04-24https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1267612/ford-v-com/ . . . solicitation of oral sodomy in violation of Code § 18.2-29. On appeal, he argues that the evidence . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Huffman v. Com.Record No. 810052284 S.E.2d 8371981-12-04https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1302075/huffman-v-com/ . . . of criminal solicitation in violation of Code § 18.2-29. In this appeal she argues that the . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Thomas v. Com.Record No. 0942-92-2446 S.E.2d 4691994-07-12https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1347931/thomas-v-com/ . . . solicitation to commit a felony in violation of Code § 18.2-29 and on four charges of receiving . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Bloom v. Com.2286993542 S.E.2d 182001-02-27https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065241/bloom-v-com/ . . . sodomy, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-370(5) and 18.2-29. On appeal, he contends the trial court . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Golden v. Com.2026981519 S.E.2d 3781999-09-28https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066129/golden-v-com/ . . . to commit oral sodomy, in violation of Code § 18.2-29.[4] The Commonwealth reasons, "an arrest . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Singson v. Com.0646041621 S.E.2d 6822005-11-08https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063373/singson-v-com/ . . . to commit oral sodomy, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-29 (criminal solicitation) and 18.2-361 . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Combs v. Com.1846983520 S.E.2d 3881999-10-26https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066101/combs-v-com/ . . . criminal solicitation, in violation of Code § 18.2-29,[2] which requires the Commonwealth to prove . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>DePriest v. Com.1587993537 S.E.2d 12000-11-21https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065400/depriest-v-com/ . . . to commit oral sodomy in violation of Code §§ 18.2-29 and 18.2-361.[1] The appellants contend . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-29//18.2-29/18.2/3/2/18.2-2917.1-805Any 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.section1