Section 466.313 - Conspiracy(a) A person commits an offense of conspiracy if, with intent that an offense under this chapter be committed:(1) the person agrees with one or more other persons that they or one or more of them engage in conduct that would constitute the offense; and(2) one or more of the persons agreeing under Subdivision (1) performs an overt act in pursuance of the agreement.(b) An agreement constituting a conspiracy may be inferred from acts of the parties.(c) It is no defense to prosecution for conspiracy under this section that:(1) one or more of the coconspirators is not criminally responsible for the object offense;(2) one or more of the coconspirators has been acquitted, so long as at least two coconspirators have not been acquitted;(3) one or more of the coconspirators has not been prosecuted or convicted, has been convicted of a different offense, or is immune from prosecution;(4) the actor belongs to a class of persons that by definition of the object offense is legally incapable of committing the object offense in an individual capacity; or(5) the object offense was not actually committed.(d) An offense under this section is one category lower than the most serious offense under this chapter that is the object of the conspiracy, and if the most serious offense under this chapter that is the object of the conspiracy is a felony of the third degree, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.Tex. Gov't. Code § 466.313
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. 8/30/1993.