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U.S. v. Cruz, No. 96-10159 (9th Cir.) (127 F.3d 791) (September 19, 1997) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)

Relying on earlier precedent, the Court affirmed its unique rule that a conspiracy terminates "when there is affirmative evidence of abandonment, disavowal or defeat of the object of the conspiracy" - a rule subsequently rejected by the Supreme Court.

In this case, the Ninth Circuit, following the language of an ...

 

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