What is the basic principle of the law of an attempted murder?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Bear (C.W.), 2013 MBCA 96 (CanLII):
In United States of America v. Dynar, 1997 CanLII 359 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 462, the basic principle was described in a succinct and clear manner. The majority wrote (at para. 74): …. The law of attempt is engaged only when, as in this case, the mens rea of the completed offence is present entirely and the actus reus of it is present in an incomplete but more-than-merely-preparatory way.
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