Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-26
in effectExcept as provided in § 18.2-25 , every person who attempts to commit an offense that is a 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.
Code 1950, §§ 18.1-17, 18.1-18; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 639 ; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 , 345 .
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