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A Conspiracy Does Not Exist if One of the Co-Conspirators is a Law Enforcement Agent

By Ron Chapman

           In the case of Sheriff versus State of Florida, an individual named Myron Sheriff was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in heroin.  He appealed his conviction to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal.  That appellate court reversed his conviction and in doing so stated the following:             1.  A conspiracy is either an express or implied agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal offense.             2.  In order to prove the crime of conspiracy, a prosecutor must prove an agreement and an intention to commit a criminal offense.             3.  Conspiracy is a separate and distinct crime from the offense that is the object of the conspiracy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on December 10, 2010 (boomark / email).