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11 General Provisions and Penalty 501.10 (b) It is no defense to a charge under this section that, in retrospect, commission of the offense that was the object of the attempt was either factually or legally unpossible under the attendant circumstances, if that offense could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be. (c) No person who is convicted of committing a specific offense or of complicity in the commission of an offense, shall be convicted of an attempt to commit the same offense in violation of this section. (d) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the actor abandoned the actor's effort to commit the offense or. otherwise prevented its commission, under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of the actor's criminal purpose. (e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of an attempt to commit an offense. An attempt to commit a drug abuse offense for which the penalty is determined by the amount or number of unit doses of the controlled substance involved in the drug abuse offense is an offense of the same degree as the drug abuse offense attempted would be if that drug abuse offense had been committed and had involved an amount or number of unit doses of the controlled substance that is within the next lower range of controlled substance amounts than was involved in the attempt. An attempt to commit any other misdemeanor is a misdemeanor of the next lesser degree than the misdemeanor attempted. In the case of an attempt to commit an offense other than a violation .of Ohio R.C. Chapter 3734 that is not specifically classified, an attempt is a misdemeanor of the first degree if the offense attempted is a felony under the Ohio Revised Code, and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the offense attempted is a misdemeanor. An attempt to commit a minor misdemeanor is not an offense under this section. (fj As used in this section, "drug abuse offense" has the.same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2925.01. (ORC 2923.02) . 501.10 COMPLICITY. (a) No person, acting with the kind of culpability required for the commission of an offense, shall do any of the following: (1) Solicit or procure another to commit the offense; (2) Aid or abet another in committing the offense; (3) Cause an innocent or irresponsible person to commit the offense. (b) It is no defense to a charge under this section that no person with whom the accused was in complicity has been convicted as a principal offender. (c) No person shall be convicted of complicity under this section unless an offense is actually committed, but a person may be convicted of complicity in an attempt to commit an offense in violation of Section 501.09. (d)' If an alleged accomplice of the defendant testifies against the defendant in a case in which the defendant is charged with complicity in the commission of or an attempt to commit an offense, an attempt to commit an offense or.an offense, the court when it charges the jury, shall state substantially the following: "The testimony of an accomplice does not become inadmissible because of his complicity, moral turpitude or self-interest, but the admitted or claimed complicity of a witness may affect his credibility and make his testimony subject to grave suspicion, and require that it be weighed with great caution. 2003 Replacement