N.Y. PEN Law § 110.10
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 110.10, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Attempt to commit a crime; no defense
Official statutory text
§ 110.10 Attempt to commit a crime; no defense.\n If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an\nattempt to commit a crime pursuant to section 110.00, it is no defense\nto a prosecution for such attempt that the crime charged to have been\nattempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally\nimpossible of commission, if such crime could have been committed had\nthe attendant circumstances been as such person believed them to be.\n
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