State v. Daniel B.

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s conviction for attempted murder, holding that the substantial-step inquiry focuses primarily on what the defendant has already done rather than what remains to be done. Applying that rule and viewing the evidence favorably to the verdict, the court concluded that the defendant’s extensive planning, recruitment of an apparent hit man, provision of information, arrangement of payment, and planning of the killing and an alibi supported a finding of a substantial step and intent to murder.