State v. Crockett

GERNON, J.:

Raymond Crockett appeals his conviction of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Following the jury trial, Crockett filed a motion to arrest judgment, contending the charging document was fatally defective because it failed to include an allegation of the overt act element of conspiracy. Crockett appeals the denial of his motion to arrest judgment.

K.S.A. 21-3302(a) provides that “[a] conspiracy is an agreement with another person to commit a crime or to assist in committing a crime.” Furthermore, K.S.A. 21-3302(a) proclaims that “[n]o person may be convicted of a conspiracy…