State v. Garcia



State v. Garcia

State v. Garcia Case Brief

Issue: Does a conspiracy conviction fail if one of the parties to the conspiracy is actually a police informant that has no intention of carrying out the conspiracy?

The defendant, Garcia (Respondent), has conspired with another person to hire a person of the murderer of her husband. The person who actually conspired she was a police informer who was never really intended to help the defendant to carry out their plans. Under Indiana law, a conviction for conspiracy does not require that the conspirators have effectively agreed to proceed with the conspiracy. As ...