United_States_v._Shabani

<i>United States v. Shabani</i>

United States v. Shabani

1994 United States Supreme Court case

United States v. Shabani, 513 U.S. 10 (1994), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified standards for conspiracy liability under a federal drug conspiracy statute.[1] In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Court held that government prosecutors need not prove evidence of an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy when prosecuting individuals under the drug conspiracy statute codified at 21 U.S.C. § 846.[2] Justice O'Connor wrote that Congress intended to "adopt the common law definition" of conspiracy for section 846, which did not require an overt act as a precondition of liability.[3] Justice O'Connor's opinion also compared the drug conspiracy statute to the general conspiracy statute,[4] which requires that a conspirator commit an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy, noting that "[i]n light of this additional element in the general conspiracy statute, Congress' silence in § 846 speaks volumes."[5]

Quick Facts United States v. Shabani, Argued October 3, 1994 Decided November 1, 1994 ...

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  1. [1]
    United States v. Shabani, 513 U.S. 10, 11 (1994).
  2. [2]
    Shabani, 513 U.S. at 13-17.
  3. [3]
    Shabani, 513 U.S. at 13-15.
  4. [4]
    Codified at 18 U.S.C. § 371.
  5. [5]
    Shabani, 513 U.S. at 14.


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