Abnormal step

The abnormal step approach is a standard for distinguishing between preparation and attempt in a criminal case.^: 683 If a person takes a series of steps in preparation for a crime, then takes a step that a normal noncriminal person would have come to their good senses and held back from taking (an abnormal step), then that is evidence of an attempt.^: 683

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