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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-3-301

Conduct constituting solicitation — Classification

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Loy v. State (1992)

Most recently applied in 83 Ark. App. 377 - Jimenez v. State (November 2003)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 705; 1981, No. 620, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-705.

(1) A person solicits the commission of an offense if, with the purpose of promoting or facilitating the commission of a specific offense, the person commands, urges, or requests another person to engage in specific conduct that would: Constitute that offense;

(2) Constitute an attempt to commit that offense;

(3) Cause the result specified by the definition of that offense; or

(4) Establish the other person's complicity in the commission or attempted commission of that offense.

(5) Criminal solicitation is a: Class A felony if the offense solicited is capital murder, treason, or a Class Y felony;

(6) Class B felony if the offense solicited is a Class A felony;

(7) Class C felony if the offense solicited is a Class B felony;

(8) Class D felony if the offense solicited is a Class C felony;

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

(10) Class B misdemeanor if the offense solicited is a Class A misdemeanor;

(11) Class C misdemeanor if the offense solicited is a Class B misdemeanor; or

(12) Violation if the offense solicited 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.