Can conspiracy be used to prove criminal liability for acts of coconspirator?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 266, 355 P.3d 444, 61 Cal.4th 1244 (Cal. 2015):
Conspiracy, like aiding and abetting, was presented as a theory of defendant's liability, but was not charged as a substantive offense. It is long and firmly established that an uncharged conspiracy may properly be used to prove criminal liability for acts of a coconspirator. (People v. Belmontes (1988) 45 Cal.3d 744, 788, 248 Cal.Rptr. 126, 755 P.2d 310.)
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