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The ____________ Rule holds that conspirators are agents of one another bound by the acts of their coconspirators, so each conspirator is responsible for the acts of the others within the context of their common design.

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Reems is guilty of:

A) conspiracy
B) extortion
C) attempted murder
D) no offense

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If a willing buyer purchases illicit drugs from a willing seller on a single occasion, would a charge of conspiracy against the two be upheld by the courts? Why or why not?

Conspiracy is now defined by statute in both federal and state jurisdictions.

A key legal question in this case is whether:

The most frequently charged inchoate offense is __________.

Had J.J.stopped, apologized and departed immediately after Mary said, "No, stop," J.J.would have been guilty of:

In a solicitation case, the prosecution must establish that the solicitor had the requisite intent for the crime solicited.

Inchoate offenses include attempt, solicitation, and ____________.

The crimes of attempt and conspiracy both merge into target offenses.

Jones paid Smith $5,000 to kidnap Brown.En route to Brown's home, Smith's efforts were foiled by the police.Jones may be prosecuted for ___________.

To obtain a conviction for conspiracy, the prosecution generally must prove that the defendant intended to further the unlawful object of the conspiracy, and such intent must exist in the minds of _______ of the parties to the conspiracy.

During the 1800s, inchoate offenses were recognized as ____ by the English common law.

Most American jurisdictions define the inchoate offenses by statute, but their development has been primarily through the courts.

An attempt that completes a substantive crime merges into the target offense, making the actor guilty of the target crime but not also the attempt.

To be guilty of conspiracy, one must __________________.

A state statute makes it a crime "to endeavor to pass a forged document as a genuine document in exchange for something of value." Would a defendant who offered a forged check in exchange for merchandise be guilty of a criminal attempt? Explain your answer.

Why do courts consider conspiracy to be a separate crime that does not merge into the object of the conspiracy?

Where a criminal offense is specifically defined as including a (an) _____, a defendant who is found guilty should be convicted of the substantive offense, and not of an attempt to commit that offense.

One cannot be guilty of an attempt to commit a crime that is factually impossible to commit.