State of Washington v. Williams

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Sweeney, J.

— Conspiracy is an inchoate crime. And so our focus is on “the conspiratorial agreement, not the specific criminal object or objects.” State v. Bobic, 140 Wn.2d 250, 265, 996 P.2d 610 (2000). Here, a group of friends including Dione J. Williams planned to “do a lick.” Witnesses at his trial variously described this as whatever was necessary to relieve a victim of his valuables. A female member of the group lured Arren Cole to a downtown Spokane alley late at night. Mr. Williams tried to rob Mr. Cole at gunpoint. He then shot him in the back as Mr. Cole tried to flee. Ajury found…