Any 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.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
§ 18.2-22. Conspiracy to commit felony
§ 18.2-23. Conspiring to trespass or commit larceny
§ 18.2-23.1. Completed substantive offense bars conviction for conspiracy
§ 18.2-25. Attempts to commit Class 1 felony offenses; how punished
§ 18.2-26. Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished
§ 18.2-27. Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished