What is the mens rea of a conspiracy to commit conspiracy to pervert the course of justice?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Adam, 2014 ONSC 291 (CanLII):
In the case of United States of America v. Dynar, 1997 CanLII 359 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 462, the mens rea of the offence requires that the agreement must be made with the intention that the mutual criminal objective be committed. It does not require that all conspirators commit, or intend to personally commit, the mutual criminal objective. It is sufficient that the intention is that one or more of the conspirators will commit the offence.
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