Bridges v. State

While I concur in the ruling in the first division of the majority opinion I must dissent from the second division and from the judgment of affirmance.

“Between the preparation for the attempt and the attempt itself there is a wide difference. The preparation consists in devising or arranging the means or measures necessary for the commission of the offense; the attempt is the direct movement toward the commission after the preparations are made.” People v. Murray, 14 Cal. 159. The above was quoted approvingly in Groves v. State, 116 Ga. 516 (42 SE 755, 59 LRA 598).

There w>as evidence adduced…