Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-42: Attempts to commit crimes - Punishment

Every person who attempts to commit any crime, and in such

attempt does any act toward the commission of such crime, but fails,

or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration thereof, is

punishable, where no provision is made by law for the punishment of

such attempt, as follows:

1. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment in

the penitentiary for four (4) years or more, or by imprisonment in a

county jail, the person guilty of such attempt is punishable by

imprisonment in the penitentiary, or in a county jail, as the case

may be, for a term not exceeding one-half (1/2) the longest term of

imprisonment prescribed upon a conviction for the offense so

attempted.

2. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment in

the penitentiary for any time less than four (4) years, the person

guilty of such attempt is punishable by imprisonment in a county

jail for not more than one (1) year.

3. If the offense so attempted be punishable by a fine, the

offender convicted of such attempt is punishable by a fine not

exceeding one-half (1/2) the largest fine which may be imposed upon

a conviction of the offense so attempted.

4. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment

and by a fine, the offender convicted of such attempt may be

punished by both imprisonment and fine, not exceeding one-half (1/2)

the longest term of imprisonment and the fine not exceeding one-half

(1/2) the largest fine which may be imposed upon a conviction for

the offense so attempted.

R.L. 1910, § 2803. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 21, eff. July 1,

1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 10, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 21 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.