ADJUS-121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, Lesser Included Offense

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-121
• Professor: ortega

Document Summary

Definition: at attempt is an overt act that is done with the intent to commit a crime but that falls short of completing the crime. With the purpose to promote or facilitate the commission of an offense. And intent to commit the substantial step. Actus reus: defendant commits an act that constitutes a substantial step. Texas penal code 15. 01 toward committing the offense. Attempt: a person commits an offense if, With specific intent to commit an offense, That tends but fails to effect the commission of the offense intended. An offense under this section is one category lower than the offense attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail felony, the offense is a class a misdemeanor. If he acts with the kind of culpability required for the target crime. And he does one of the following. He purposely engages in conduct that would be a crime if attendant circumstances were as he believed them to be.