California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tatman, 20 Cal.App.4th 1, 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 480 (Cal. App. 1993):
A conspiracy consists of two or more persons intending and agreeing to commit a crime, and an overt act by a member of the conspiracy in [20 Cal.App.4th 10] furtherance thereof. (Pen.Code, 182, 184; People v. Cockrell (1965) 63 Cal.2d 659, 667, 47 Cal.Rptr. 788, 408 P.2d 116.) One cannot be convicted of conspiracy unless at least one overt act is alleged and proved. (Pen.Code,
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