State of Connecticut v. Jose Colon

Jose Colon (defendant) was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder with Kevin Soto, but Soto, tried separately before a different jury hearing different evidence, was acquitted of the conspiracy charge; Colon appealed, arguing that under Connecticut's bilateral conspiracy doctrine — requiring an actual agreement between two or more conspirators — Soto's acquittal made it legally impossible to convict Colon alone of conspiring with him.