MOYLAN, Judge.
Although one can commit murder or manslaughter without entertaining the specific intent to kill the victim or anyone else, one cannot commit an attempted murder or attempted manslaughter (or even an assault with intent to murder) without possessing such a specific intent to kill. The disposition of this appeal hinges on the critical difference between the broad mens rea (more properly, perhaps, the broad range of mentes reae) of consummated...
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