Attempts and penalties therefor.
New Orleans City Code § 154-141
in effectSec. 154-141. - Attempts and penalties therefor.
(a) Any person who, having a specific intent to commit a crime, does or omits an act for the purpose of, and aiming directly toward the accomplishment of his objective, is guilty of an attempt to commit the offense intended; and it shall be immaterial whether, under the circumstances, he would have actually accomplished his purpose.
(b) An attempt is a separate but lesser grade of the intended crime; and any person may be convicted of an attempt to commit a crime although it appears on the trial that the crime intended or attempted was actually perpetrated by such person in pursuance of such attempt.
(c) Whoever attempts to violate a police ordinance of the city shall, upon conviction, be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense committed; but such fine or imprisonment shall not exceed one-half of the largest fine or one-half of the longest term of imprisonment prescribed for the offense so intended.
(Code 1956, § 38-33)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTIIITRCONEOR_DIV2PR_S154-141ATPETHFetched: 10/28/2026