What is the test for criminal conspiracy?
Prince Edward Island, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Wenger, 2010 PESC 49 (CanLII):
A conspiracy is simply an agreement to pursue an unlawful object or to pursue a lawful object through unlawful means. The essence of criminal conspiracy is the proof of an agreement (R. v. Cotroni; Papalia v. R., 1979 CanLII 38 (SCC), [1979] 2 S.C.R. 256, 45 C.C.C. (2d) 1 (S.C.C.)).
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