Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 5 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-79-101)
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-5-501)
Chapter 3 - INCHOATE OFFENSES (§§ 5-3-101 — 5-3-407)
Subchapter 3 - CRIMINAL SOLICITATION (§§ 5-3-301 — 5-3-302)
Section 5-3-301 - Conduct constituting solicitation - Classification

• (a) 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:
  • (1) 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.

• (b) Criminal solicitation is a:
  • (1) Class A felony if the offense solicited is capital murder, treason, or a Class Y felony;
  • (2) Class B felony if the offense solicited is a Class A felony;
  • (3) Class C felony if the offense solicited is a Class B felony;
  • (4) Class D felony if the offense solicited is a Class C felony;
  • (5) Class A misdemeanor if the offense solicited is a Class D felony or an unclassified felony;
  • (6) Class B misdemeanor if the offense solicited is a Class A misdemeanor;
  • (7) Class C misdemeanor if the offense solicited is a Class B misdemeanor; or
  • (8) Violation if the offense solicited is a Class C misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor.

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