When one agrees to join a conspiracy, does one agree to all acts that have or will be committed by the conspiracy?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Davis, 5 F.3d 541 (9th Cir. 1993):
When one agrees to join a conspiracy, one agrees to all acts that have been or will be committed by the conspiracy, and is responsible for those acts regardless of one's role in their commission. United States v. Inafuku, 938 F.2d 972, 974 (9th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 112 S.Ct. 877 (1992). A conspiracy is presumed to continue unless there is affirmative evidence of abandonment, withdrawal, disavowal or defeat of the object of the conspiracy. United States v. Castro, 972 F.2d 1107, 1112
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