Sections 663 and 664 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 45.)

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 665