Solomon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 28 state decisions

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1. ““No formal agreement between the parties to do the act charged is necessary. It is sufficient that the minds of the parties meet nnderstandingly so as to bring about an intelligent and deliberate agreement to do the acts and to commit the offense charged, although such agreement is not manifested by any formal words, or by a written instrument. A mutual implied understanding is sufficient, so far as the combination or confederacy is concerned, to constitute the offense. If two persons pursue by their acts the same object often by the same means, one performing one part of the act and the other another part of the act, so as to complete it with a view to the attaining of the object which they are pursuing, this will be sufficient to constitute a conspiracy. Previous acquaintance is unnecessary, and it is not essential that each conspirator shall take part in every act, or that he shall know the exact part to be performed by the other conspirators in execution of the conspiracy. Conspiracy implies concert of design and not participation in every detail of execution. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Canaday v. State