Cal Pen Code § 182 (2004)
§ 182. Criminal conspiracy; Acts constituting; Punishment; Venue
(a) If two or more persons conspire:
(1) To commit any crime.
(2) Falsely and maliciously to indict another for any crime,
or to procure another to be charged or arrested for any crime.
(3) Falsely to move or maintain any suit, action, or
proceeding.
(4) To cheat and defraud any person of any property, by any
means which are in themselves criminal, or to obtain money or property by false
pretenses or by false promises with fraudulent intent not to perform those
promises.
(5) To commit any act injurious to the public health, to
public morals, or to pervert or obstruct justice, or the due administration of
the laws.
(6) To commit any crime against the person of the President
or Vice President of the United States, the Governor of any state or territory,
any United States justice or judge, or the secretary of any of the executive
departments of the United States.
They are punishable as follows:
When they conspire to commit any crime against the person of
any official specified in paragraph (6), they are guilty of a felony and are
punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for five, seven, or nine years.
When they conspire to commit any other felony, they shall be
punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided for the
punishment of that felony. If the felony is one for which different punishments
are prescribed for different degrees, the jury or court which finds the
defendant guilty thereof shall determine the degree of the felony the defendant
conspired to commit. If the degree is not so determined, the punishment for
conspiracy to commit the felony shall be that prescribed for the lesser degree,
except in the case of conspiracy to commit murder, in which case the punishment
shall be that prescribed for murder in the first degree.
If the felony is conspiracy to commit two or more felonies
which have different punishments and the commission of those felonies
constitute but one offense of conspiracy, the penalty shall be that prescribed
for the felony which has the greater maximum term.
When they conspire to do an act described in paragraph (4),
they shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000), or by both that imprisonment and
fine.
When they conspire to do any of the other acts described in
this section, they shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than one year, or in the state prison, or by a fine not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ($ 10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. When they
receive a felony conviction for conspiring to commit identity theft, as defined
in Section 530.5, the court may impose a fine of up to twenty-five thousand
dollars ($ 25,000).
All cases of conspiracy may be prosecuted and tried in the
superior court of any county in which any overt act tending to effect the
conspiracy shall be done.
(b) Upon a trial for conspiracy, in a case where an overt act
is necessary to constitute the offense, the defendant cannot be convicted
unless one or more overt acts are expressly alleged in the indictment or
information, nor unless one of the acts alleged is proved; but other overt acts
not alleged may be given in evidence.