Opinion ID: 1309290
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Heading: Sufficiency of Evidence to Support Conviction of Attempted Murder.

Text: Defendant asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for the attempted murder of witness Patrick Hall. He argues that to constitute an attempt for purposes of proving attempted murder the act must reach far enough towards the accomplishment of the desired result to amount to the commencement of the consummation. He urges that his acts and those of Myre were mere preparation for the doing in of Hall. We believe that viewed in the light most favorable to the State the evidence was sufficient to show acts that amounted to the commencement of the consummation. See Fryer v. State, 325 N.W.2d 400, 406 (Iowa 1982) ( slight acts in furtherance of the crime that render voluntary termination improbable are sufficient).