PEOPLE v. JAIME
Where defendant was charged with three counts of conspiracy based on alleged efforts to smuggle drugs into prison, where defendant was inmate, and each count involved similar modus operandi, trial judge prejudicially erred by failing to give sua sponte instruction that would have required jurors to determine whether defendant's alleged efforts constituted a single conspiracy or separate conspiracies.
The court stated that a single conspiracy can have multiple objectives, as long as they all fall within the same plan.
Reversed and remanded.
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