[Cboldt]

Here is the core of the pattern jury instruction to find conspiracy:

For you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must be convinced that the government has proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

First: That the defendant and at least one other person made an agreement to commit the crime of _______ (describe) as charged in the indictment;

Second: That the defendant knew the unlawful purpose of the agreement and joined in it willfully, that is, with the intent to further the unlawful purpose; and

Third: That one of the conspirators during the existence of the conspiracy knowingly committed at least one of the overt acts described in the indictment, in order to accomplish some object or purpose of the conspiracy.

Pattern Jury Instructions - Fifth Circuit Library System

I realize this a federal pattern instruction, but the principles of conspiracy are everywhere the same. The exact wording in Texas pattern instruction likely departs from the above, but the state has to prove an agreement, which is more than proving association.

[don-o]

Excellent, as usual, Cboldt.

Is Abel Reyna in some sort of delusional denial of reality? He surely must know what you have shared.