Conspiracy

[Brnsbbtt]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Idaho

My freind was recently charged with criminal conspiracy and unlawful conveyance to bring articles into or out of jail.

His phone calls were recorded and listened to and he asked someone to drop off tabacco and some sleeping pills outside of the jail as he was on work detail. After sleeping on the idea he called the next morning and called it off stating that he was not going to take anything into the jail and risk being caught. The other person had already dropped the items and the jailers picked it up. He has since been released from jail and went to court on the two charges. The prosecutor had already dropped the conveyance charge but told my freind he could not drop the conspiracy charge. The other person has never been charged. Can you just charge one person with conspiracy and not the other?

 

[HighwayMan]

Can you just charge one person with conspiracy and not the other?

No, I can't. But a prosecutor can do whatever they want. There is no requirement to charge anyone.

By the way, posting the same thing in multiple places will not get you an answer any faster - all it does is annoy people. This is a duplicate thread.

 

[Brnsbbtt]

My apologies, I did not realize I had done that.

 

[Brnsbbtt]

So the prosecuter can just charge the one person with conspiracy? How do they make that stick? Doesn't it take more than two to conspire?

 

[CdwJava]

So the prosecuter can just charge the one person with conspiracy? How do they make that stick? Doesn't it take more than two to conspire?

Sure. But they do not have to CHARGE the other party to do that. Heck, the other person might testify against his pal.

 

[davew128]

BTW your friend is an idiot. It's common knowledge that corrections officers actively listen to outgoing inmate phone calls in every facility I have ever heard of.

 

[Brnsbbtt]

Thank you CdwJava for posting and helping answer my question without having to make snide or rude comments.