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(1)When a person, intending to commit an offence, begins to put his or her intention into execution by means adapted to its fulfilment, and manifests his or her intention by some overt act, but does not fulfil his or her intention to such an extent as to commit the offence, he or she is deemed to attempt to commit the offence.
(2)It is immaterial—
(a)except so far as regards punishment, whether the offender does all that is necessary on his or her part for completing the commission of the offence, or whether the complete fulfilment of his or her intention is prevented by circumstances independent of his or her will, or whether the offender desists of his or her own motion from the further prosecution of his or her intention;
(b)that by reason of circumstances not known to the offender it is impossible in fact to commit the offence.
You can be found guilty of attempting to commit a crime even if you did not complete it. The law requires that you had the intention to commit the off...
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