Assertion: conspiracy | /r/CapableOf | commit crime
Facets:
value: in question
type: OTHER
value: at some time in the future
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.
text: if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either – (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981] he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.
text: if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either – (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981] he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.
text: It is common in the United States to punish a conspiracy to commit an offense more harshly than the commission of the offense itself, but there has been a growing trend in the states, under the sway of the Model Penal Code, to follow the continental European example of making the punishment for conspiracy the same as or less than that for the offense itself.
text: In other words, a person can be prosecuted and convicted for the underlying crime AND for Conspiracy to commit that crime.
text: Buying ski masks is not a crime, but it furthers the conspiracy to commit a crime.
text: Generally, a conspiracy to commit a crime is an offense separate and distinct from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.
text: Nevertheless, conspiracy to commit a crime "does not require completion of the intended underlying offense.
text: In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.
text: if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either – (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981] he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.
text: if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either – (a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or (b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981] he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.