§ 22-9. Attempt to commit a crime.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to attempt to commit an offense prohibited by this Code where the offense attempted is determined to be a misdemeanor and where no express provision for attempt already exists in the ordinance governing the specific offense charged or cited.

(b)

Any person who shall attempt to commit an offense prohibited by this Code, and in such attempt do any act towards the commission of such offense, but shall fail in the perpetration, or shall be intercepted or prevented in the execution of same, when no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such attempt, shall be punished as follows: if the offense so attempted to be committed is punishable by imprisonment or by fine or both, the offender convicted of such attempt shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not more than 46.5 days or by a fine not to exceed $500.00; but in no case shall the imprisonment exceed one-half of the greatest punishment which might have been inflicted if the offense so attempted had been committed.

(Ord. No. 382, 3-28-2016)

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCL 750.92.