{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-4-5","heading":"Abandonment of effort to commit a crime as an affirmative defense.","body":"(a) When a person’s conduct would otherwise constitute an attempt to commit a crime under Code Section 16-4-1, it is an affirmative defense that he abandoned his effort to commit the crime or in any other manner prevented its commission under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal purpose.\n(b) A renunciation of criminal purpose is not voluntary and complete if it results from:\n(1) A belief that circumstances exist which increase the probability of detection or apprehension of the person or which render more difficult the accomplishment of the criminal purpose; or\n(2) A decision to postpone the criminal conduct until another time.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 4 Criminal Attempt, Conspiracy, and Solicitation"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"169c19897de890179c3fd0a101a7d7c04371c938c2feac6cf69f8a3ef571dbc3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}