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    This document summarizes key information about inchoate offenses and parties to crime under New York law. It defines the three inchoate offenses as solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy. It explains the tests for attempt, including the dangerous proximity, substantial step, and physical proximity tests. It also summarizes the Capstone Case of Tennessee v. Reeves, noting that the court established that possessing materials to commit a crime at the scene, where possession serves no lawful purpose, can constitute a substantial step if strongly corroborative of criminal intent. The response would likely differ under the last-step or physical proximity tests.

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    This document summarizes key information about inchoate offenses and parties to crime under New York law. It defines the three inchoate offenses as solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy. It explains the tests for attempt, including the dangerous proximity, substantial step, and physical proximity tests. It also summarizes the Capstone Case of Tennessee v. Reeves, noting that the court established that possessing materials to commit a crime at the scene, where possession serves no lawful purpose, can constitute a substantial step if strongly corroborative of criminal intent. The response would likely differ under the last-step or physical proximity tests.

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    This document summarizes key information about inchoate offenses and parties to crime under New York law. It defines the three inchoate offenses as solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy. It explains the tests for attempt, including the dangerous proximity, substantial step, and physical proximity tests. It also summarizes the Capstone Case of Tennessee v. Reeves, noting that the court established that possessing materials to commit a crime at the scene, where possession serves no lawful purpose, can constitute a substantial step if strongly corroborative of criminal intent. The response would likely differ under the last-step or physical proximity tests.

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    ASSESSMENT #4: Inchoate Offenses and Parties to Crime

    Answer the following:


    1. What is an inchoate offense? List the three inchoate offenses and their definitions under
    NY law.
    Inchoate Offenses are incomplete offenses that have begun but are not fully completed. The three
    inchoate offenses under NY law include solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy. Solicitation is
    asking someone to commit the crime with the specific intent or purpose that the crime be
    committed. Attempt is conduct that gets dangerously close to the commission of the crime. A
    conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime and overact to further
    the crime.
    2. See Table 4-1 on page 99 (Attempt: Summary of Tests) a) Define the dangerous
    proximity, substantial step, and physical proximity test b) What is the test for an attempt
    under New York law?
    In the dangerous proximity, the defendant must act in dangerous proximity to the crime to be
    culpable. Acts remotely connected to the crime are not adequate. In the substantial step, the
    defendant is culpable if he or she took substantial steps toward the commission of the crime. In
    the physical proximity, the defendant is culpable if the completion of the crime is within grasp,
    although the defendant’s act need not be the penultimate act. The test for an attempt under New
    York law typically involves proving that the individual engaged in conduct that came
    dangerously close to committing the crime, demonstrating a specific intent to commit the
    offense. It often requires showing a substantial step towards the completion of the crime,
    combined with an evident criminal purpose.

    3. Read the Capstone Case: Tennessee v. Reeves on page 95 and answer the following
    questions:
    a) Do you agree that the girls had taken a substantial step toward the commission of a
    targeted offense? What test does the court establish for Tennessee to determine if a
    substantial step has been taken?
    Yes, I agree that the girls had taken a substantial step toward the commission of a targeted
    offense. The court established a test for Tennessee, stating that when an actor possesses materials
    to be used in the commission of a crime at or near the scene of the crime, and the possession
    serves no lawful purpose under the circumstances, the jury is entitled (but not required) to find
    that the actor has taken a "substantial step" if such action is strongly corroborative of the actor's
    overall criminal purpose.

    b) Would your answer be different if Tennessee had used the last-step test or the physical
    proximity test? If so, how?
    If Tennessee had used the last-step test or the physical proximity test, the answer might be
    different. These tests often require the criminal act to be very close to completion or physically
    close to the intended victim. The court, in this case, moved away from the rigid last-step
    approach, emphasizing the potential dangers of such an approach, especially in preventing
    inchoate crimes from becoming full-blown ones. The court's decision suggests a shift toward a
    more flexible approach, considering factors beyond the last step or physical proximity.

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