Mateo was angry at his son’s coach, Chris, because Chris wou…
Mateo was angry at his son’s coach, Chris, because Chris would never let the son into a game. To exact revenge, Mateo decided to plant an incendiary device on Chris’s front porch. Mateo believed the device would start a fire that would destroy Chris’s home and perhaps injure him as well. However, Mateo made a mistake while assembling the incendiary device, and it was impossible for the device to do any harm. When the device went off, it did nothing more than produce a foul odor.If Mateo is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson in a common law jurisdiction, which of the following decisions is most likely to be reached by the court?
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