Source: cases/21usc846/f3d-922-787-us-v-moreno.case
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In sum, the government offered sufficient evidence to support the jury's inference that Moreno knowingly agreed to participate in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, not a mere buyer-seller relationship.
casedsl 1.2 # author: Flash3 (gemini-3.8-flash-high) # triaged-by: Fable (2026-11-10) case /f3d/922/0787-01 name United States v. Moreno cite 922 F.3d 787 (2019) court United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit date 2019-04-25 url catalog/cases/f3d/volume_922/0787_01/index.html source ir/caselaw/f3d_922.jsonl sha1=ea8edaf7c06a2139e37f6fc6b0fc2f6ec7f0f891 chars=25451 opinion op : majority by Flaum @0..25451 controlling party p1 : Maria Moreno count c1 : Count 1 (21 U.S.C. § 846) law 21usc846 role applied posture criminal appeal from conviction for conspiracy to possess narcotics with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. § 846); sufficiency of evidence affirmed against buyer-seller challenge result claimant-won element agreement : satisfied [proved] party p1 count c1 route inferred-from-dealings pattern tacit/wholesale-purchases-on-credit-and-shared-trap-vehicles rule @12998..13175 [quoted] | Rather, "the government must offer evidence establishing an agreement to distribute drugs that is distinct from evidence of the agreement to complete the underlying drug deals." fact @16545..16723 [supports] | Specifically, Torres testified that from mid-2012 until Moreno's arrest in July 2013, he or an associate provided two to four kilograms of heroin to Moreno once or twice a month. fact @16724..16825 [supports] | Additionally, there is evidence of at least two instances when Moreno purchased the heroin on credit. fact @17543..17638 [supports] | She urged Torres to "drop those phones" and told him that police "follow[ed]" her from Chicago. fact @19286..19410 [supports] | Torres testified he paid for the repair and did not seek repayment from Moreno because Guzman said he would cover the costs. fact @21744..21923 [cuts-against] | And unlike other DTO members, Moreno did not use the Guzman DTO stash house, did not have an agreement with the Guzman DTO to look for customers, and did not receive a commission. held @22904..23102 | In sum, the government offered sufficient evidence to support the jury's inference that Moreno knowingly agreed to participate in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, not a mere buyer-seller relationship. gloss Seventh Circuit affirms § 846 conspiracy conviction, holding that wholesale purchases over a year, fronting of heroin on credit, sharing trap vehicles, and warning of law enforcement threats established an agreement beyond a mere buyer-seller relationship, although the cooperating witness called her "just a customer".