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A.R.S. § 13-1006

Effect of immunity, irresponsibility or incapacity of a party to solicitation, conspiracy or facilitation

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Barragan-Sierra (2008)

Most recently applied in State v. Barragan-Sierra (July 2008)

A. It is not a defense to a prosecution for solicitation, conspiracy or facilitation that a person solicited, facilitated or with whom the defendant conspired could not be guilty of committing the offense because:

1. Such person is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense; or

2. Such person is not criminally responsible as defined in chapter 5 of this title, or has an immunity to prosecution or conviction for the commission of the offense; or

3. Such person does not have the state of mind sufficient for the commission of the offense in question.

B. It is not a defense to a prosecution for solicitation or conspiracy that the defendant is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense that is the object of the solicitation or conspiracy.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.