Bottom Limit Set for Conspiracy Charge

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 14, 2011

Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Judge Allyson K. Duncan

Although this case “comes perilously close to the lower boundary” of what the 4th Circuit will accept to prove a conspiracy to distribute drugs, the appellate court accepts as sufficient proof: an informant’s testimony that defendant said he was “still” getting his crack cocaine from his “family” in Maryland and his discussions with girlfriends about ...

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