                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FELONY (§ 18.2-22)

a. If any person shall conspire, confederate or combine with another, either
within or outside the Commonwealth, to commit a felony within the Commonwealth,
or if he shall so conspire, confederate or combine with another within the
Commonwealth to commit a felony either within or outside the Commonwealth, he
shall be guilty of a felony that shall be punishable as follows:

   1. Every person who so conspires to commit an offense that is punishable as a
   Class 1 felony is guilty of a Class 3 felony;

   2. Every person who so conspires to commit an offense that is any other felony
   is guilty of a Class 5 felony; and

   3. Every person who so conspires to commit an offense the maximum punishment
   for which is confinement in a state correctional facility for a period of less
   than five years shall be confined in a state correctional facility for a
   period of one year, or, in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the
   case without a jury, may be confined in jail not exceeding 12 months and fined
   not exceeding $500, either or both.

b. However, in no event shall the punishment for a conspiracy to commit an
offense exceed the maximum punishment for the commission of the offense itself.

c. Jurisdiction for the trial of any person accused of a conspiracy under this
section shall be in the county or city wherein any part of such conspiracy is
planned or in the county or city wherein any act is done toward the consummation
of such plan or conspiracy.

d. The penalty provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who
conspires to commit any offense defined in the Drug Control Act (&#xA7;
54.1-3400 et seq.) or of Article 1 (&#xA7; 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7. The
penalty for any such violation shall be as provided in &#xA7; 18.2-256.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-15.3; 1972, c. 484; 1973, c. 399; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
1983, c. 19; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.