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NEW YORK PENAL LAW

 
 ARTICLE 110--ATTEMPT

Section 110.00 Attempt to commit a crime

 A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime when, with intent to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which tends to effect the commission of such crime.
 

Section 110.05 Attempt to commit a crime;  punishment

 An attempt to commit a crime is a:

 1. Class A-I felony when the crime attempted is the A-I felony of murder in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree or criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree;

 2. Class A-II felony when the crime attempted is a class A-II felony;

 3. Class B felony when the crime attempted is a class A-I felony except as provided in subdivision one hereof;

 4. Class C felony when the crime attempted is a class B felony;

 5. Class D felony when the crime attempted is a class C felony;

 6. Class E felony when the crime attempted is a class D felony;

 7. Class A misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a class E felony;

 8. Class B misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a misdemeanor.
 

Section 110.10 Attempt to commit a crime;  no defense

 If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime pursuant to section 110.00, it is no defense to a prosecution for such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission, if such crime could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as such person believed them to be.