State v. Pond

I agree with and join the well reasoned opinion of the majority. I write separately, however, to point out what I regard as an anomaly in our Supreme Court’s interpretation of the conspiracy section of the Penal Code that our Supreme Court may wish to revisit.

I agree that we are constrained by the decision of onr Supreme Court in State v. Padua, 273 Conn. 138, 869 A.2d 192 (2005), to conclude that the specific intent required by the conspiracy statute requires specific intent to bring about all of the elements of the conspired offense, even those elements that do not by themselves carry a…