Defendant's request that the court submit the crime of attempted coercion in the second degree to the jury as a lesser included offense of attempted coercion in the first degree is being granted. The apparent similarity of the statutory language defining these two crimes and the dearth of authority as to the distinction between the two requires that I elucidate the basis for this decision.
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