{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-5-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:5-3","heading":"Incapacity, irresponsibility or immunity of party to conspiracy","body":"a.  In general.    Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, it  is immaterial to the liability of a person who conspires with another to commit  a crime that:\n(1) He or the person with whom he conspires does not occupy a particular position or have a particular characteristic which is an element of such crime,  if he believes that one of them does;  or\n(2) The person with whom he conspires is irresponsible or has an immunity to  prosecution or conviction for the commission of the crime.\nb.  Exceptions to subsection a.:  Victims, behavior inevitably incident to  the commission of the crime.    It is a defense to a charge of conspiracy to  commit a crime that if the object of the conspiracy were achieved, the person  charged would not be guilty of a crime under the law defining the crime or as  an accomplice under section 2C:2-6e. (1) or (2).\nL.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:5-3, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8b513d893de122f3a4423af35d9ca3dd964c72dc648f01a849ba9d3a22771ab5","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-5-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-5-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}