Hyde v. United States

Hyde v. United States, 225 U.S. 347 (1912), is a United States Supreme Court criminal case interpreting attempt.[1]:688 The court held that for an act to be a criminal attempt, it must be so near the result that the danger of its success must be very large.[1]:688 The court wrote, "There must be a dangerous proximity to success."[1]:688

References

  1. 1 2 3 Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan (law professor), Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,
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