{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-6","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-4-6","heading":"Penalties for criminal attempt.","body":"(a) A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a crime punishable by death or by life imprisonment shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than 30 years.\n(b) A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a felony, other than a felony punishable by death or life imprisonment, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than one-half the maximum period of time for which he or she could have been sentenced if he or she had been convicted of the crime attempted, by one-half the maximum fine to which he or she could have been subjected if he or she had been convicted of the crime attempted, or both.\n(c) A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a misdemeanor shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.","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":"921e3d9f3a1701b9299ceaf29a754d84d5c96bcdf542e64a7b924c62d4b44ea2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-5","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}