King v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(a) A person attempts to commit a crime when, acting with the culpability required for commission of the crime, he engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward commission of the crime. An attempt to commit a crime is a felony or misdemeanor of the same class as the crime attempted.... (b) It is no defense that, because of a misapprehension of the ctreumstances, it would have been impossible for the ac-eused person to commit the crime attempted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. King v. State

2. “believing or intending that the recipient is a child less than eighteen,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. King v. State

3. “or an individual the person believes to be a child”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. King v. State