Criminal solicitation; penalty
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-29
in effectAny 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.
1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, cc. 364 , 440 ; 2002, cc. 615 , 635 .
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