Ark. Code Ann. § 5-3-203

Classification

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Small v. State (2007)

Most recently applied in Thernell Hundley v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction (February 2024)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 703; 1981, No. 620, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-703; Acts 2005, No. 1888, § 1.

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A criminal attempt is a:

(1) Class Y felony if the offense attempted is capital murder;

(2) Class A felony if the offense attempted is treason or a Class Y felony other than capital murder;

(3) Class B felony if the offense attempted is a Class A felony;

(4) Class C felony if the offense attempted is a Class B felony;

(5) Class D felony if the offense attempted is a Class C felony;

(6) Class A misdemeanor if the offense attempted is a Class D felony or an unclassified felony;

(7) Class B misdemeanor if the offense attempted is a Class A misdemeanor;

(8) Class C misdemeanor if the offense attempted is a Class B misdemeanor; or

(9) Violation if the offense attempted is a Class C misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.