This page covers inchoate crimes such as attempts, conspiracies, and solicitations, focusing on tests like res ipsa loquitur, probable desistance, and substantial steps that determine criminal intent....This page covers inchoate crimes such as attempts, conspiracies, and solicitations, focusing on tests like res ipsa loquitur, probable desistance, and substantial steps that determine criminal intent. It discusses legal concepts like voluntary abandonment, legal and factual impossibility, and the grading of attempted crimes across jurisdictions. Examples include hiring a hitman and cases of attempted production of meth and assault with intent to kidnap.