{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "110.10", "citation": "Penal Law § 110.10", "heading": "Attempt to commit a crime; no defense", "text": ["§ 110.10 Attempt to commit a crime; no defense.", "If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime pursuant to section 110.00, it is no defense to a prosecution for such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission, if such crime could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as such person believed them to be."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/110.10", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "If conduct otherwise amounts to an attempt under **§ 110.00**, it is **no defense that completing the crime was factually or legally impossible**, so long as it could have been completed under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/110.10", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}