State v. Kimbrough

**68Criminal law has long encompassed what are sometimes known as "inchoate" crimes-"A step toward the commission of another crime, the step in itself being serious enough to merit punishment." Black's Law Dictionary 1250 (10th ed. 2014). This case concerns the intersection of two of those crimes, solicitation *78and attempt. "Solicitation" occurs when a person "commands or solicits" another to commit or attempt to commit a crime, ORS 161.435, and "attempt" occurs when a person "intentionally engages in conduct which constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of [a] crime," ORS…