California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kinsey, 40 Cal.App.4th 1621, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 769 (Cal. App. 1995):
4 Although, because of this specific intent element, some attempts would not be lesser included offenses of their consummated offenses (See People v. Rush (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 20, 27-38, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 15 (dissent opn. of Woods (Fred) J.)), section 1159 provides "The jury ... may find the defendant guilty of ... [the] offense ... or of an attempt to commit the offense."
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