Which term means that an agreement exists with one or more persons that they will engage in conduct that would constitute the offense and that the person and one or more of them perform an overt act in pursuance of the agreement?

• A. Conspires to Commit
• B. Combination
• C. Criminal Street Gang
• D. Foreign Terrorist Organization

Answer: (A)

Conspiracy is the act of two or more people agreeing to commit a crime and then taking at least one overt act to further that plan. The essential elements are the meeting of minds to commit the offense and a concrete step taken in pursuance of the agreement. The overt act shows concrete progress toward carrying out the crime, even if the crime itself isn’t completed. For example, if two people plan to commit a theft and one buys supplies to use in the theft, that purchase is an overt act toward the conspiracy.

The other terms don’t fit this concept. A combination is not the specific criminal-law term for a plan to commit a crime with an overt act. A criminal street gang describes a group involved in gang activity, not the particular agreement and overt act structure. A foreign terrorist organization is a formal designation for certain entities, not the act of conspiring to commit a crime.