United States v. Shabani

United States v. Shabani

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=United States v. Shabani
ArgueDate=October 3
ArgueYear=1994
DecideDate=November 1
DecideYear=1994
FullName=United States, Petitioner v. Reshat Shabani
Citation=115 S. Ct. 382, 130 L. Ed. 2d 225
USVol=513
USPage=10
Prior=Convicted, conspiracy to distribute cocaine; conviction overturned, 993 F. 2d 1419 (9th Circuit, 1993)
Subsequent=9th Circuit Reversed by Supreme Court and conviction upheld
Holding=Absent contrary indications, Congress intends to adopt the common law definition of statutory terms. The common law understanding of conspiracy "does not make the doing of any act other than the act of conspiring a condition of liability."
SCOTUS=1994-2005
Majority=O'Connor
JoinMajority="unanimous"
LawsApplied=21 U.S.C. § 846

"United States v. Shabani", 513 U.S. 10 (1994), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding conspiracy liability under federal statutes. The Court ruled: "...Congress intended to adopt the common law definition of conspiracy, which does not make the doing of any act other than the act of conspiring a condition of liability..." This ruling indicated that conspiracy alone can be criminal.

ee also

*"actus reus"
*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 513

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=513&page=10 Full text of the Supreme Court opinion at Findlaw.com]


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