It is no defense to a charge of criminal attempt that the crime the accused is charged with attempting was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission if such crime could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as the accused believed them to be.
History. Code 1933, § 26-1002, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.
Law reviews.
For article, “A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO,” see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 4 - Criminal Attempt, Conspiracy, and Solicitation
§ 16-4-2. Conviction for Criminal Attempt Where Crime Completed
§ 16-4-3. Charge of Commission of Crime as Including Criminal Attempt
§ 16-4-4. Impossibility as a Defense
§ 16-4-5. Abandonment of Effort to Commit a Crime as an Affirmative Defense
§ 16-4-6. Penalties for Criminal Attempt
§ 16-4-7. Criminal Solicitation
§ 16-4-8. Conspiracy to Commit a Crime
§ 16-4-8.1. Conviction of Conspiracy Even if Crime Completed
§ 16-4-9. Withdrawal by Coconspirator From Agreement to Commit Crime