California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Toledano, 249 Cal.Rptr.3d 100, 36 Cal.App.5th 715 (Cal. App. 2019):
"A conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to commit any crime." ( People v. Vu (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 1009, 1024, 49 Cal.Rptr.3d 765 ; see 182, subd. (a)(1).) "A conviction of conspiracy requires proof that the defendant and another person had the specific intent to agree or conspire to commit an offense, as well as the specific intent to commit the elements of that offense, together with proof of the commission of an overt act by one or more of the parties to such agreement in furtherance of the conspiracy." ( People v. Morante (1999) 20 Cal.4th 403, 416, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d 665, 975 P.2d 1071.)
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