Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-44
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Attempt defined
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 121
A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, acting
with the kind of culpability otherwise required for commission of
the crime, he:
(a) purposely engages in conduct which would constitute the
crime if the attendant circumstances were as he believes them to be;
or,
(b) when causing a particular result in an element of the crime,
does anything with the purpose of causing or with the belief that it
will cause such result, without further conduct on his part.
A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, acting
with the kind of culpability otherwise required for commission of
the crime, he:
(a) purposely engages in conduct which would constitute the
crime if the attendant circumstances were as he believes them to be;
or,
(b) when causing a particular result in an element of the crime,
does anything with the purpose of causing or with the belief that it
will cause such result, without further conduct on his part.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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