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PEOPLE v. ACOSTA

197 A.D.2d 448 (1993)

602 N.Y.S.2d 845

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Andre Acosta, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 21, 1993

In reaffirming the principle that to make out an attempted crime, a defendant's conduct must come "very near" (People v Rizzo, 246 N.Y. 334, 337), indeed, "dangerously near" (People v Mahboubian, 74 N.Y.2d 174, 192) consummation of the criminal act, the Court of Appeals has now held, in this case, that "A person who orders illegal narcotics from a supplier, admits a courier into his or her home and examines the quality of...

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