Name and define three of the tests that have been used or are used to define a crime of intent.

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Under the last act test, established in England in the case of Regina v. Eagleton, an 
attempt occurs when a person has performed all of the acts that he or she believed were necessary to carry out the action that would constitute the underlying offense.
Under the physical proximity test, the perpetrator need not have advanced so far as the 
last act, but the conduct must be "proximate" to the completed crime.
The dangerous proximity test incorporates the physical proximity test but is somewhat 
more flexible. Under this test, a person is guilty of attempt when his or her conduct is in dangerous proximity to success or when an act is so near to the result that the danger of success is very great.
Under the indispensable element test, a suspect who has not yet gained control over an 
indispensable instrumentality of the criminal plan cannot be guilty of attempt.
Under the unequivocality test, an attempt occurs when a person's conduct alone 
unambiguously manifests his or her criminal intent.
The substantial step test requires that a suspect must do or omit to do something that 
constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the commission of a substantive offense.

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