2020 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against the Person
Article 2 - Assault and Battery
§ 16-5-22. Conviction of Assault With Intent to Commit a Crime if Intended Crime Actually Committed

Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-5-22 (2020)

A person may be convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit a crime if the crime intended was actually committed as a result of the assault but may not be convicted of both the assault and completed crime.

(Code 1933, § 26-1303, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Attempt to commit assault as criminal offense, 93 A.L.R.5th 683.

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