Section 22-4-1 – Attempt–Punishment.

22-4-1. Attempt–Punishment. Unless specific provision is made by law, any person who attempts to commit a crime and, in the attempt, does any act toward the commission of the crime, but fails or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration of that crime, is punishable for such attempt at maximum sentence of one-half of the […]

Section 22-4-2 – Attempt resulting in commission of other crime.

22-4-2. Attempt resulting in commission of other crime. The provisions of §22-4-1 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, commits another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed. Source: SDC 1939, §13.0402; SL 2005, ch 120, […]