In a prosecution for an attempt, it is no defense that it was impossible to commit the crime which was the object of the attempt where the conduct engaged in by the actor would be a crime if the circumstances were as the actor believed them to be.
ORS 161.425
Known as the Oregon Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 161–161 (150 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Darr v. People (1977)
Most recently applied in State v. Kyger (March 2022)
1971 c.743 §55
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.