State v. Molasky

How courts have described this case

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• discussing cases finding evidence of seriousness of purpose when defendant engaged in conduct such as “making a cash payment, delivering a weapon, visiting a crime scene, [or] waiting for a victim” in combination with conversation
• finding the statutory change to \substantial step\ \lowered the threshold needed to find the offense of attempt by shifting the emphasis away from what an actor still had to accomplish and refocusing instead upon what the actor had already done.\
• only two elements required, attempt and a substantial step, and an act “in perpetration” is no longer required
• only prisoner talk about the killings, but no further act that indicated a seriousness of purpose i.e. payment of money, providing a picture or any other corroborative action
• only prisoner talk about the killings, but no further act that indicated a seriousness of purpose i.e. payment of money, providing a picture or any other corroborative action
• Older statute with “beyond mere preparation” language imposed “a tougher test for attempt” than newer statute with “substantial step” language.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).