Learning Objectives

1. State the mens rea of criminal attempts.

2. Describe the legal tests for the actus reus of criminal attempts.

3. Summarize the law of factual impossibility and the law of legal impossibility.

4. Define and give examples of the defense of aban­donment.

5. Identify the actus reus and mens rea of a crimi­nal conspiracy and know the difference between chain conspiracies and wheel conspiracies.

6. Explain the mens rea and actus reus of the crime of solicitation.