O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1080 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an offense under this article, amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, even though failing, to effect its commission is an attempt to commit that offense.

(b) Any person subject to this article who attempts to commit any offense punishable by this article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, unless otherwise specifically prescribed.

(c) Any person subject to this article may be convicted of an attempt to commit an offense although it appears on the trial that the offense was consummated.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1080, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98. U.S. Code. - For similar provision in

Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 880.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 99 et seq.