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Texas Penal Code - Section 15.01. Criminal Attempt

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§ 15.01. CRIMINAL ATTEMPT.  (a) A person commits an 
offense if, with specific intent to commit an offense, he does an 
act amounting to more than mere preparation that tends but fails to 
effect the commission of the offense intended.
	(b)  If a person attempts an offense that may be aggravated, 
his conduct constitutes an attempt to commit the aggravated offense 
if an element that aggravates the offense accompanies the attempt.
	(c)  It is no defense to prosecution for criminal attempt 
that the offense attempted was actually committed.
	(d)  An offense under this section is one category lower than 
the offense attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail 
felony, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  
Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 478, ch. 203, § 4, eff. Sept. 
1, 1975;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1994.

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