What is the test for whether a specific intent crime is a criminal act?
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The following excerpt is from USA. v. Ulibarry, 192 F.3d 926 (9th Cir. 1999):
We do not disagree that most attempts are (and should be) specific intent crimes, whether or not the crime attempted includes an element of specific intent. See, e.g., United States v. Sneezer, 900 F.2d 177, 179 (9th Cir. 1990). As we have explained, the reason is that
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