Wisconsin v. Huff

During an undercover sting targeting suspected election bribery, Huff (defendant), working for a campaign, gave undercover agents (who were actually ineligible to vote in the district) $5 each after they showed him vote stickers, and paid a third agent for bringing voters. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit election bribery and argued on appeal that the conspiracy was legally impossible, since his co-conspirators — undercover officers ineligible to vote — could never have actually completed the underlying crime.

Whether a defendant may be convicted of conspiracy even though the object of the conspiracy is legally impossible to fulfill.