California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miller, D067451 (Cal. App. 2015):
Section 182 prohibits a conspiracy by two or more people to "commit any crime." (Id., 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. Johnson (2013) 57 Cal.4th 250, 257.) " ' "[A]n overt act is an outward act done in pursuance of the crime and in manifestation
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