Which of the following is not an actus reus?
a. the failure to file a federal income tax return when one has a legal obligation to do so
b. swinging one's fist at someone's head without justification, but missing
c. deciding to kill the man who swindled your father out of his land
d. possessing cocaine without a prescription or any legal authority to do so
C
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