Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimenez Recio
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 2003No. 01-1184PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
We here consider the validity of a Ninth Circuit rule that a conspiracy ends automatically when the object of the conspiracy becomes impossible to achieve — when, for example, the Government frustrates a drug conspiracy’s objective by seizing the drugs that its members have agreed to distribute. In our view, conspiracy law does not contain any such “automatic termination” rule.
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In United States v. Cruz, 127 F. 3d 791, 795 (CA9 1997), the Ninth Circuit, following the language of an earlier case, United States v. Castro, 972 F. 2d 1107, 1112 (CA9 1992), wrote that a conspiracy terminates when “…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Iannelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Salinas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by107 opinions
- United States v. FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Mohammad HassanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Francisco Jimenez Recio, United States of America v. Adrian Lopez-MezaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. James Daychild, United States of America v. Patrick O. NeissCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. MoroscoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
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