Title 16

(a) When a person’s conduct would otherwise constitute an attempt to commit a crime under Code Section 16-4-1, it is an affirmative defense that he abandoned his effort to commit the crime or in any other manner prevented its commission under circumstances manifesting a voluntary…

Bryant v. State, 304 Ga. App. 755, 697 S.E.2d 860 (2010). Trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to 20 years to serve on the criminal attempt to commit robbery count because the maximum sentence the defendant could have received was 10 years as convicted of the offense of …

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct. (b) A person convicted …

Zant, 244 Ga. 863, 262 S.E.2d 82, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 1443 (1979). Overt act required. — Former Code 1933, § 79A-812 (see now O.C.G.A. § 16-13-33) required with certainty an overt act for successful prosecution. Hammock v. Zant, 244 Ga. 863, 262 S.E.2d 82, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 1443 (1979). …

A person may be convicted of the offense of conspiracy to commit a crime, as defined in Code Section 16-4-8, even if the crime which was the objective of the conspiracy was actually committed or completed in pursuance of the conspiracy, but such person may not be convicted of bot…

A coconspirator may be relieved from the effects of Code Section 16-4-8 if he can show that before the overt act occurred he withdrew his agreement to commit a crime. History. — Code 1933, § 26-3202, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 14.