State v. St. Christopher
Minnesota Supreme Court
232 N.W.2d 798 (1975)
Daniel St. Christopher (defendant) offered his cousin, Roger Zobel, $125,000 to help kill St. Christopher's mother. Zobel pretended to agree but immediately reported the plan to police, who instructed him to keep feigning cooperation while St. Christopher moved forward with luring his father away from the house so Zobel could carry out the killing. Police arrested St. Christopher before the plan was completed, and he was convicted of both conspiracy and attempted murder; he appealed the conspiracy conviction, arguing that because Zobel never actually agreed to help, there could be no conspiracy.
Whether a person can be found guilty of conspiracy in Minnesota where the only other person with whom he conspired had merely feigned agreement.