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• flection 39 Attempt i I!ossibility not a Defense• • <br /> • <br /> • prosecution for an attempt, it is no defense that it was impossible • <br /> -to-csornmit the crime which was the object of the attempt where the <br /> .- conduct engaged in by the defendant would be an offense or violation <br /> 3f.the circumstances were as the defendant believed their to be. <br /> .._erection 40 Attejn at; Renunciation a Defense <br /> • •I. It is a defense to the offense or violation of attempt under Article 5, <br /> Section 38 of this Code if, under circumstances man.ifestin a voluntary <br /> • <br /> -,and complete renunciation of his or her criminal intent, he or she avoids <br /> =-±he commission of the crime attempted by abandoning his or her criminal <br /> • ',effort and, if mere abandonment is insufficient to scco:,pii s;1 this <br /> • .avoid.an :e , doing everything necessary to prevent the comoli.ssion of the <br /> ,--attempted offense or violation. • <br /> The defense of Renunciation is an affirmative defense. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • • <br />