What constitutes a criminal attempt to commit a carjacking?

"A criminal attempt occurs when there is a specific intent to commit the crime and a direct but ineffectual act done toward its commission." (People v. Weddington (2016) 246 Cal.App.4th 468, 478.) "A person aids and abets the commission of a crime when he or she, (i) with knowledge of the unlawful purpose of the

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perpetrator, (ii) and with the intent or purpose of committing, facilitating or encouraging commission of the crime, (iii) by act or advice, aids, promotes, encourages or instigates the commission of the crime." (People v. Cooper (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1158, 1164.)

(a) Hernandez's Intent To Commit a Carjacking