Conspiracy or Acting With Others in Furtherance of a Crime

The charge of conspiracy allows the state or federal government to charge a person who has done any act in furtherance of a crime. This charge casts a wide net because it allows the state to charge someone with an underlying crime just for having done anything that can be viewed as having assisted in the crime.

A group of people can be held responsible for a crime if it is shown that each one of them had acted to advance the goal of committing the crime. It is not necessary that a person know the full extent of the conspiracy or all of its participants, rather all that needs to be shown is that the person did some act to help advance the goal of the conspiracy.

Conspiracy charges are commonly seen in federal and state court related to drug charges. This is a charge which allows the state to accuse a large group of acting together to violate state or federal law.

For more information about this charge please call criminal defense attorney Frank Fernandez for a free consultation.