When a defendant attempts to commit an act that is illegal and does everything to commit the crime but fails in her effort to complete the actual crime because of something that is not an element of the crime. This is called ______.

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This scenario describes a factual impossibility, where the defendant has the intention and takes steps to commit a crime but fails due to circumstances external to the crime itself, such as an unforeseen obstacle or intervention, not because the act was not illegal.

When a Defendant Attempts to Commit an Act That Is