U.S. v. Lechuga, No. 91-2891 (7th Cir.) (994 F.2d 346) (May 13, 1993) (Judge Richard A. Posner)
In this divided en banc decision, a majority of the court held that large quantities of controlled substances, without more, cannot sustain a conspiracy conviction: there must be an agreement to commit the crime other than the sale itself.
This is a significant and leading case from the Seventh Circuit …
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