Supreme Court of the United States · 1994-11-01
21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed
Case and law context
Role: rule-announced; posture: Supreme Court review of whether §846 requires an overt act; result: remanded; claim:
Uncertainty
None recorded
Misfit
The Supreme Court announces that conspiracy does not require an overt act and reverses the Ninth Circuit rule; it does not adjudicate defendant-specific sufficiency. Attempt remains separate.
Claimant outcome refers to the prosecuting government, not the defendant-appellant; remanded and mixed retain unresolved or split dispositions.
B · Case × element grid
Top-level elements follow claim order in panels of up to six elements. Case rows repeat across panels. Every recorded block retains its holding and basis; multiple blocks are not merged into a case-level verdict. ✓ satisfied · ✗ not satisfied · ○ not reached · · not addressed. Muted blocks are not counted. Sub-element evidence remains on case and element pages.
Elements 1–6 of 8
| Case | Identified offense in Subchapter I | Agreement of two or more persons to the unlawful object | Knowledge of the unlawful agreement and objective | Knowing and voluntary participation in the agreement | Withdrawal before the applicable limitations period | Intent to commit the identified object offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | ○ not reached · basis not recordedNot counted: rule-announced/merits | ○ not reached · basis not recordedNot counted: rule-announced/merits | ○ not reached · basis not recordedNot counted: rule-announced/merits | ○ not reached · basis not recordedNot counted: rule-announced/merits | · not addressed | · not addressed |
Elements 7–8 of 8
| Case | Conduct beyond preparation strongly corroborating intent | Object-offense penalty incorporation |
|---|---|---|
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | · not addressed | · not addressed |
Instances and excluded annotation blocks
| Case | Element | Holding and scope | Pattern | Exact source quotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 — not reached (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | Agreement of two or more persons to the unlawful object | not_reached Excluded from merits counts rule-announced / meritsThe Court announces the no-overt-act rule; it does not decide a defendant-specific sufficiency finding here. | Unspecified route | In order to establish a violation of 21 U. S. C. § 846, the Government need not prove the commission of any overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_513.jsonl#/us/513/0010-01; Unicode character offsets [8339:8491] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2fe5b9464462aba9e77428cdf532f373f7dcacf88d555503969ee67f6700475b. |
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 — not reached (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | Knowing and voluntary participation in the agreement | not_reached Excluded from merits counts rule-announced / merits | Unspecified route | No source quotation recorded for this block. |
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 — not reached (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | Knowledge of the unlawful agreement and objective | not_reached Excluded from merits counts rule-announced / merits | Unspecified route | No source quotation recorded for this block. |
| United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 — not reached (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) | Identified offense in Subchapter I | not_reached Excluded from merits counts rule-announced / merits | Unspecified route | No source quotation recorded for this block. |
Court interpretations recorded from this case
interpretation
In order to establish a violation of 21 U. S. C. § 846, the Government need not prove the commission of any overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.
United States v. Shabani — 513 U.S. 10 (1994) · Supreme Court of the United States · 1994 (21usc846: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed)
In order to establish a violation of 21 U. S. C. § 846, the Government need not prove the commission of any overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.Source:
docroot/ir/caselaw/us_513.jsonl#/us/513/0010-01; Unicode character offsets [8339:8491] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2fe5b9464462aba9e77428cdf532f373f7dcacf88d555503969ee67f6700475b.A buyer-seller transaction alone does not establish agreement to a further distribution conspiracy. Repetition/quantity and coordinated dealings can support the inference; no mechanical transaction-count rule is asserted.