What is the definition of a crime of attempted murder?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Triffon, 2012 ONCJ 437 (CanLII):
[48] The “crime of attempt consists of an intent to commit the completed offence together with some act more than merely preparatory taken in furtherance of the attempt”: United States of America v. Dynar 1997 CanLII 359 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 462 at paragraph 50.
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