Sections 663 and 664 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.
Cal. Penal Code § 665
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 45.
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