There are a number of strategies that can be used when defending against a conspiracy charge with the goal to see the charges are reduced, dismissed or you are acquitted of all wrongdoing.

There are, in fact, times when an individual is in the wrong place at the wrong time and it may appear as if they were involved in the crime. In fact, there are many individuals that have been acquitted for this reason because nothing in the prosecutor’s evidence showed that the individual was actually part of the scheme.

The burden of proof is on the prosecution. In order for them to get their conviction, they have to prove that there was an agreement between two parties to take action toward a criminal goal. For example, two people decide to murder someone. They can only be convicted of conspiracy if the murder is completed or if they commit an act that would be used to complete the murder, such as buy the gun.

Nonetheless, a verbal agreement is not enough to achieve a conviction because a verbal agreement cannot be proven.