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District of Columbia Official Code
Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 22 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIESSubtitle I - CRIMINAL OFFENSES
Chapter 18 - GENERAL OFFENSES
Section 22-1803 - Attempts to commit crime

D.C. Code § 22-1803

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Section 22-1803 - Attempts to commit crime

Whoever shall attempt to commit any crime, which attempt is not otherwise made punishable by chapter 19 of An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1321), shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both. Except, whoever shall attempt to commit a crime of violence as defined in § 23-1331 shall be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

D.C. Code § 22-1803

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1337, ch. 854, § 906; Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 105(a), 41 DCR 2608; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 201(y), 60 DCR 2064.

Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.