Legal Opinion
United States v. Sonia Irwin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 1998No. 97-3105PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
A federal jury convicted Sonia Irwin of aiding and abetting a drug conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal, Irwin makes two substantial attacks on her conviction: First, she argues that as a matter of law one cannot aid and abet a conspiracy by assisting the conspirators after they have made their unlawful agreement, at which point the crime of conspiracy is complete. Second, Irwin argues that the government’s evidence was insufficient to support her conviction. Based on the existing law in this circuit and because the essential evidence proffered by the…
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