Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 105.20 Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act.
A person shall not be convicted of conspiracy unless an overt act is alleged and proved to have been committed by one of the conspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy.
A conspiracy conviction requires that an overt act furthering the conspiracy be alleged and proved to have been committed by 1 of the conspirators. ★
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.
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.