Vance had cheated Dodd in a card game. Angered, Dodd set out for Vance's house with the intention of shooting him. Just as he was about to set foot on Vance's property, Dodd was arrested by a police officer who noticed that Dodd was carrying a revolver. A statute in the jurisdiction makes it a crime to "enter the property of another with the intent to commit any crime of violence thereon." 88 If charged with attempting to violate the statute, Dodd should be found
not guilty, because the statute defines an attempted crime and there cannot be an attempt to attempt.  not guilty, because to convict him would be to punish him simply for having a guilty mind.  guilty, because he was close enough to entering the property and he had the necessary state of mind.  guilty, because this is a statute designed to protect the public from violence and Dodd was dangerous