Ansley v. United States

I concur in the conclusion of the majority that the record contains ample evidence to support the judgment as to the Ansleys; I dissent from the conclusion that it does as to Bernice Miller Lewis. The offense of which she was convicted was conspiracy to commit and not the commission of a substantive offense. There was proof connecting her with one of the overt acts, the sale by Lewis to the informer. Agreement, however, is the gist of the offense of conspiracy. Overt acts are no part of the offense, and the only effect of their requirement is to afford “a locus pcenitentias, so that before…