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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-27 (2026)

Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished

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Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a misdemeanor shall be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt.

Code 1950, § 18.1-19; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 52; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2024 · leading case: Wilson v. Commonwealth, 673 S.E.2d 923 (Va. Ct. App. 2009).
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Wilson v. Commonwealth, 673 S.E.2d 923 (Va. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “In a bench trial, Earl Dupree Wilson was convicted of attempting to unlawfully photograph a non-consenting twenty- *602 year-old female’s “intimate parts or undergarments covering those intimate parts” not visible to the general public, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-27 and…”
United States v. Cuong Gia Le, 316 F. Supp. 2d 355 (E.D. Va. 2004). · cites it 3× “The § 924(c) counts real-lege and incorporate by reference the allegations contained in the corresponding VICAR counts.”
Pitts v. Commonwealth, 716 S.E.2d 137 (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 8× “He conceded that he had suffered a prior conviction for grand larceny and a prior conviction for attempted petit larceny under Code § 18.2-27, but he argued that the attempted petit larceny conviction was not a predicate offense, operating under Code § 18.”
Quartrez Logan, s/k/a Quartrez Rashad Logan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 17× “2-308:2, and he was also charged with attempting to purchase a firearm while subject to a protective order, a misdemeanor, in violation of Code § 18.2-27. At the bench trial on October 11, 2018, the Commonwealth attempted to introduce a certified copy of the extended protective…”
Fred M. Coleman v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 16× “2-27 provides: Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a misdemeanor shall be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt.”
Quartrez Logan, s/k/a Quartrez Rashad Logan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 8× “Quartrez Logan (“Logan”) was convicted in the Norfolk Circuit Court (“trial court”) of attempting to obtain a firearm while subject to a protective order, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-27 and 18.2-308.1:4. Logan appeals the conviction, assigning as error the trial court’s…”
Quartrez Logan, s/k/a Quartrez Rashad Logan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 8× “Quartrez Logan (“Logan”) was convicted in the Norfolk Circuit Court (“trial court”) of attempting to obtain a firearm while subject to a protective order, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-27 and 18.2-308.1:4. Logan appeals the conviction, assigning as error the trial court’s…”
Christopher Neil Dotson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “We note that although the final order correctly states that Dotson was convicted for attempting to obtain money by false -6- pretenses it fails to cite to both Code §§ 18.2-27 and -178. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s decision, but remand the case for correction of a…”
Logan v. Commonwealth (Va. 2021). · cites it 2× “He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of attempting to purchase a firearm while subject to a protective order, in violation of Code § 18.2-27. Logan was tried on both charges at a bench trial in October 2018.”
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