Federal criminal conspiracy

American Criminal Law Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 777-817

  Davis, Beth Allison ^a   Vitullo, Josh ^a  

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References (3)

1. 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1994). The statute states in full: [i]f two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
2. Id.; see also H.R. REP. No. 80-304, at 28 (1947) (discussing origin of 18 U.S.C. § 371).
3. See Childress, 58 F.3d at 723 (finding that holding conspirators responsible for reasonably foreseeable conduct in furtherance of joint undertaking is acceptable under the Guidelines and common law conspiracy principles).