Conspiracy charges

[soflawrongplace]

What is the name of your state? Florida

Based on Florida state law, can they charge multiple conspiracy charges because one person had multiple types of drugs they were bringing to ONE undercover sting? 1.Conspiracy to traffic cocaine,2.conspiracy to traffic MDMA,3.conspiracy of possession marj. w/intent to sell, and 4.conspiracy of possession of controlled substance w/intent to sell. I thought there could only be 1 conspiracy at a time.

 

[The Occultist]

Each drug is a different charge. An experienced attorney may be able to plea everything down to one charge.

 

[soflawrongplace]

As noted in Epps v. State,
354 So. 2d 441, 442 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), "[a] single conspiracy may have for its object
the violation of two or more criminal laws or two or more substantive offenses. The conspiracy is still one offense, no matter how many repeated violations of the law may
have been the object of the conspiracy."A criminal conspiracy is the agreement to commit a criminal act or acts,and if a single agreement exists, only one conspiracy exists even if the conspiracy has as its objectives the commission of multiple offenses.


Does this stand true as in my case where the my codefendant was charged with all the actual possession charges and I only acted as a taxi giving him a ride?

 

[The Occultist]

The important part of my post was the bit about getting a lawyer. You will likely need one. He can explain the relevant laws to you.

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? Florida

Based on Florida state law, can they charge multiple conspiracy charges because one person had multiple types of drugs they were bringing to ONE undercover sting? 1.Conspiracy to traffic cocaine,2.conspiracy to traffic MDMA,3.conspiracy of possession marj. w/intent to sell, and 4.conspiracy of possession of controlled substance w/intent to sell. I thought there could only be 1 conspiracy at a time.

Sounds like overcharging to me.

Prosecutors like to do that so they will seem to have more to plea bargain with the defendant.