Solicitation: Defined

A person is guilty of solicitation to commit a felony when with intent to promote or facilitate its commission he commands, encourages or requests another person to perform or omit to perform an act which constitutes such crime or an attempt to commit such crime or would establish his complicity in its commission or attempted commission. SOURCE: G.P.C. § 653b; M.P.C. § 5.02(1); *Calif. § 805 (T.D.2 1968); Calif. § 710 (1971); Mass. ch. 263 § 47(a); N.J. § 2C:5-1(b)(7). COMMENT: By § 13.20, the criminal liability formerly provided by § 653b of the Penal Code is expanded to include the solicitation of any felony. It should be noted that this Section does not make criminal a solicitation to commit a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor.