159 Ind. App. 657 - Samuels v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. ““Conspiracy may be inferred from acts committed in ‘an apparent criminal or unlawful purpose.’ Gaynor v. State (1966), 247 Ind. 470 , 217 N.E.2d 156 , and authorities cited therein. Additionally: ‘It is not necessary to prove that the defendants came together and actually agreed in terms to have the unlawful purpose, and to pursue it by common means. If it be proved that the defendants pursued by their acts the same object, often by the same means, one performing one part and another another part of the same so as to complete it with a view to the attainment of that same object, the jury will be justified in the conclusion that they were engaged in a conspiracy to effect that object.’ (Citing authorities.) Lane v. State (1972), [259] Ind. [468], 288 N.E.2d 258, 261 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Ind. App. 547 - Lay v. State