The following excerpt is from Antar v. Frink, Case No.: 18cv0118 BAS (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
"To prove an agreement, it is not necessary to establish the parties met and expressly agreed [to commit the target offense]." People v. Vu, 143 Cal. App. 4th 1009, 1025 (2006). "The evidence is sufficient if it supports an inference that the parties positively or tacitly came to a mutual understanding to commit a crime." People v. Prevost, 60 Cal. App. 4th 1382, 1399 (1998). The existence of a conspiracy "may be proved through circumstantial evidence inferred from the conduct, relationship, interests, and activities of the alleged conspirators before and during the alleged conspiracy." Id.
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