The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 10: We’ll All Go Down Together
Conspiracy pg 27: The Prosecutor’s Favorite Weapon
Similarly, if Ledway had stolen his second getaway car (instead of trading with Dan), then all of us conspirators would be liable as accomplices in the theft of the car.
Vignette of Ledway speeding away
We’d be liable under that rule even though we had no idea that Ledway was going to do it.
We conspired to commit crime A. Now, when crime B happens as a direct result, it is going to be attributed to all of us.
Average Joe explaining
AVERAGE JOE
No wonder Conspiracy is often called “the prosecutor’s favorite weapon.”
They can charge you even though they can’t prove the “real” crime, and some can charge everyone with everyone else’s acts.