Do acts undertaken in furtherance of the substantive offence that is the object of the conspiracy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of the United States of America v. Ironside, 2005 BCSC 1587 (CanLII):
Any acts undertaken in furtherance of the commission of the substantive offence that is the object of the conspiracy do not form part of the conspiracy itself but are evidence of the conspiracy: Koufis v. The King, 1941 CanLII 55 (SCC), [1941] S.C.R. 481.
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