2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 28 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
28-201 - Criminal attempt; conduct; penalties.
(1) A person shall be guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if he or she:
(a) Intentionally engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as he or she believes them to be; or
(b) Intentionally engages in conduct which, under the circumstances as he or she believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in his or her commission of the crime.
(2) When causing a particular result is an element of the crime, a person shall be guilty of an attempt to commit the crime if, acting with the state of mind required to establish liability with respect to the attendant circumstances specified in the definition of the crime, he or she intentionally engages in conduct which is a substantial step in a course of conduct intended or known to cause such a result.
(3) Conduct shall not be considered a substantial step under this section unless it is strongly corroborative of the defendant's criminal intent.
(4) Criminal attempt is:
(a) A Class II felony when the crime attempted is a Class I, IA, IB, IC, or ID felony;
(b) A Class III felony when the crime attempted is a Class II felony;
(c) A Class IIIA felony when the crime attempted is sexual assault in the second degree under section 28-320, a violation of subdivision (2)(b) of section 28-416, incest under section 28-703, or assault by a confined person with a deadly or dangerous weapon under section 28-932;
(d) A Class IV felony when the crime attempted is a Class III felony not listed in subdivision (4)(c) of this section;
(e) A Class I misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class IIIA or Class IV felony;
(f) A Class II misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class I misdemeanor; and
(g) A Class III misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class II misdemeanor.
- Laws 1977, LB 38, § 10;
Laws 1997, LB 364, § 2;
Laws 1998, LB 1266, § 3;
Laws 2010, LB712, § 7;
Laws 2010, LB771, § 2;
Laws 2012, LB799, § 1.
2. Lesser-included offense
3. Miscellaneous
1. Criminal attempt
2. Lesser-included offense
3. Miscellaneous
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