Does a conspiracy to commit murder include the element of attempted murder?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Juarez, c/w G049038, G049037 (Cal. App. 2016):

The element of attempted murder that is missing from conspiracy to commit murder is a direct but ineffectual act toward accomplishing the intended killing. The felony complaint in this case alleged several overt acts regarding each conspiracy charge, including actually shooting the intended victim of each alleged conspiracy. Alleging an actual shooting of the intended victim necessarily also alleges a direct act toward accomplishing the intended killing. Accordingly, as pleaded, the conspiracy charges include all of the elements of the previous attempted murder charges, thus making them the same offenses as the previous charges." (People v. Juarez, supra, 62 Cal.4th at p. 1174.) Following our high court's holding, we affirm the trial court's judgment.

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