What are the elements of a criminal conspiracy?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Bullen, 2018 ONSC 4633 (CanLII):
I start by highlighting the essential elements of a conspiracy, which is an agreement by two or more persons to do an unlawful act. There must be an intention to agree, the completion of an agreement and a common design. To conspire is to agree. The essence of criminal conspiracy is proof of an agreement: see United States of America v. Dynar, 1997 CanLII 359 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 462 at para. 86.
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