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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-3-401

Conduct constituting conspiracy

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Williams v. State (1997)

Most recently applied in 2019 Ark. App. 515 - Chris Michael Baker v. State of Arkansas (November 2019)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 707; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-707.

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A person conspires to commit an offense if with the purpose of promoting or facilitating the commission of any criminal offense:

(1) The person agrees with another person or other persons that: One (1) or more of the persons will engage in conduct that constitutes that offense; or

(2) The person will aid in the planning or commission of that criminal offense; and

(3) The person or another person with whom the person conspires does any overt act in pursuance of the conspiracy.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.