Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams, Movant/Petitioner v. State of Missouri, and State of Missouri v. Marcellus Williams

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• “to be a substantial step, the defendant’s conduct must (1) advance the criminal purpose charged and (2) provide some verification of the existence of that purpose”
• “[T]o be a substantial step the act must be strongly corrob- orative of the actor’s criminal purpose”—i.e., “defendant’s conduct must (1) advance the criminal purpose charged and (2
• “[T]o be a substantial step the act must be strongly corrob- orative of the actor’s criminal purpose”—i.e., “defendant’s conduct must (1) advance the criminal purpose charged and (2) provide some verification of the existence of that pur- pose.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).