The MPC gives several examples of conduct in your textbook that would be considered a substantial step toward the commission of a crime. Name four of these.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers could include any of the following:

Lying in wait, searching for, or following the contemplated victim of a crime
Enticing or seeking to entice the contemplated victim of a crime to go to a place being 
contemplated for its commission
Reconnoitering a place being contemplated for the commission of a crime
Unlawful entry of a structure, vehicle or enclosure in which it is contemplated that the 
crime will be committed
Possession of materials that are to be employed in the commission of the crime and that 
are specially designed for such unlawful use or that can serve no lawful purpose of the actor under the circumstances
Possession, collection, or fabrication of materials to be employed in the commission of 
the crime, at or near the place contemplated for its commission, if such possession, collection, or fabrication serves no lawful purpose of the actor under the circumstances
Soliciting an innocent agent to engage in conduct constituting an element of the crime

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What will be an ideal response?

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