Chapter 705 — Chapter 705

PART I. CRIMINAL ATTEMPT §705-500 Criminal attempt. (1) A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if the person: (2) When causing a particular result is an element of the crime, a person is guilty of an attempt to commit the crime if, acting with the state of mind requir…

§705-501 Criminal attempt; attempting to aid another. (1) A person who engages in conduct intended to aid another to commit a crime is guilty of an attempt to commit the crime, although the crime is not committed or attempted by the other person, provided his conduct would establ…

§705-502 Grading of criminal attempt. An attempt to commit a crime is an offense of the same class and grade as the most serious offense which is attempted. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]

PART II. CRIMINAL SOLICITATION §705-510 Criminal solicitation. (1) A person is guilty of criminal solicitation if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a crime, the person commands, encourages, or requests another person to engage in conduct or cause the res…

§705-511 Immunity, irresponsibility, or incapacity of a party to criminal solicitation. (1) A person shall not be liable under section 705-510 for criminal solicitation of another if under sections 702-224(1) and (2) and 702-225(1) he would not be legally accountable for the cond…

§705-512 Grading of criminal solicitation. Criminal solicitation is an offense one class or grade, as the case may be, less than the offense solicited; provided that criminal solicitation to commit murder in any degree is a class A felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 149…

PART III. CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY §705-520 Criminal conspiracy. A person is guilty of criminal conspiracy if, with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a crime:

§705-521 Scope of conspiratorial relationship. If a person guilty of criminal conspiracy, as defined in section 705-520, knows that a person with whom he conspires to commit a crime has conspired with another person or persons to commit the same crime, he is guilty of conspiring …

§705-522 Conspiracy with multiple criminal objectives. If a person conspires to commit a number of crimes, the person is guilty of only one conspiracy if the multiple crimes are the object of the same agreement or continuous conspiratorial relationship. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; ge…

§705-523 Immunity, irresponsibility, or incapacity of a party to criminal conspiracy. (1) A person shall not be liable under section 705-520 for criminal conspiracy if under sections 702-224(1) and (2) and 702-225(1) he would not be legally accountable for the conduct of the othe…

§705-524 Venue in criminal conspiracy prosecutions. For purposes of determining venue in a prosecution for criminal conspiracy, a criminal conspiracy is committed in any circuit in which the defendant enters into the conspiracy and in any circuit in which the defendant or person …

§705-525 Duration of conspiracy. For purposes of section 701-108, the following apply:

§705-526 Grading of criminal conspiracy. (1) A conspiracy to commit murder in any degree is a class A felony. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), a conspiracy to commit a class A felony is a class B felony. (3) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), conspiracy to co…

PART IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INCHOATE OFFENSES §705-530 Renunciation of attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy; affirmative defense. (1) In a prosecution for criminal attempt, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary an…

§705-531 Multiple convictions. A person may not be convicted of more than one offense defined by this chapter for conduct designed to commit or culminate in the commission of the same substantive crime. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]