The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Reyes, 302 F.3d 48 (2nd Cir. 2002):
We begin our analysis with the three elements of conspiracy under federal law. They are: (1) an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; (2) knowingly engaging in the conspiracy intending to commit those offenses that were the objects of the conspiracy; and (3) commission of an "overt act" by one or more members of the conspiracy in furtherance of the conspiracy. See United States v. Samaria, 239 F.3d 228, 234 (2d Cir.2001); United States v. Salameh, 152 F.3d 88, 145-46 (2d Cir.1998) (per curiam). We will refer to this conspiracy involving stolen airbags as the "Percan/All-in-One conspiracy."
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