Can a defendant be convicted under section 924(c) of the Criminal Code for failing to comply with the terms of an agreement?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dominguez, 133 F.3d 929 (9th Cir. 1997):
A defendant may be convicted under section 924(c) when his co-conspirator violated that section "in furtherance of the conspiracy," the violation "fell within the scope of the unlawful project[,] and ... could reasonably have been foreseen as a necessary or natural consequence of the unlawful agreement." Fonseca-Caro, 114 F.3d at 908 (quoting United States v. Douglass, 780 F.2d 1472, 1475-76 (9th Cir. (1986).
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