People v. Atley

The substantive issue raised by this case is whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict of guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the crime of conspiracy to sell marijuana. We find the evidence insufficient to infer a conspiracy to sell marijuana from the facts established by the testimony at trial.

I —DETAILED FACTS

A. Crimes Charged

Defendant Atley and two others, Loren Eaton and Michael Conley, were stopped on 1-94 in Van Burén County on July 3, 1970, pursuant to a tip from a police informant who had accompanied the alleged coconspirators to Missouri to pick marijuana.…