Legal Opinion
United States v. Maria Moe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2015No. 13-30224PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
Maria Moe appeals her conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Her primary arguments rest on the so-called “buyer-seller rule,” under which a conviction- for conspiracy cannot be based solely on the purchase of an unlawful substance, even though such a transaction necessarily involves an agreement between at least two parties, the buyer and the seller. “Rather, conspiracy requires proof of ‘an agreement to commit a crime other than the crime that consists of the sale itself.’ Were the rule…
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