Inchoate offenses
Conspiracy: between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act.
+ Common law:
# Does not require an act.
Solicitation: the act of asking someone else to commit a crime
+ Common Law:
# Asking someone to help commit a crime is not solicitation. Only asking someone to do it himself is solicitation.
Conspiracy:
o Common Law: Conspiracy is defined and complete upon the formation of agreement
+ No overt act is required
+ Conspiracy is a separate crime that does not require completion of the agreed upon goal
+ Conspiracy does not merge with the substantive crime and thus both can be charged
+ An out of court statement of a co-conspirator that was made in furtherance of the conspiracy is admissible in court.55
+ Specific intent crime: must have (1) intent to join conspiracy and (2) intent to commit the offense which is the object of the conspiracy. 56
(I had to read it a couple of times.)