Penal Law § 105.15

Conspiracy in the second degree  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 105.15 Conspiracy in the second degree.

A person is guilty of conspiracy in the second degree when, with intent that conduct constituting a class A felony be performed, he agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct.

Conspiracy in the second degree is a class B felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/105.15

In plain English

A person commits second-degree conspiracy by agreeing with 1 or more people to engage in or cause conduct constituting a class A felony, intending that conduct occur. ★ It is a class B felony.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.