Supreme Court of California

A conviction for conspiracy does not require the jury to agree on a specific overt act as long as it unanimously finds beyond a reasonable doubt that some conspirator committed an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2001
• Published 06/28/2001

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Jim Fahey, Arcata, under appointment by the Supreme Court;  George Nunez, Fresno;  and Ralston L. Courtney, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Firestone, Robert P. Whitlock and Edgar A. Kerry, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.