What is the test for a defendant to be found guilty of attempted murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morton, A146954 (Cal. App. 2016):
defendant fired "in a manner that could have killed [the victims] had [his] aim been more on target" (id. at p. 799) to imply a requirement that a completed murder must have been possible: as we have said, impossibility is not a defense to attempted murder. (People v. Pham, supra, 192 Cal.App.4th at p. 560.)
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