What is sufficient evidence to prove a conspiracy to commit a crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Klotz, H045825 (Cal. App. 2020):
Circumstantial evidence is often used to establish the existence of a conspiracy. (People v. Homick (2012) 55 Cal.4th 816, 870.) " 'Evidence is sufficient to prove a conspiracy to commit a crime "if it supports an inference that the parties positively or tacitly came to a mutual understanding to commit a crime. [Citation.]" ' " (Maciel,
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