U.S. v. Zackery, No. 06-1930 (8th Cir.) (494 F.3d 644) (July 12, 2007) (Judge James B. Loken)
In Pinkerton v. U.S., 326 U.S. 640 (1946), the Supreme Court established the so-called "Pinkerton" theory of co-conspirator liability which exposes a defendant to criminal liability for substantive crimes committed by another if they are reasonably foreseeable as a necessary consequence of the conspiracy. In Pinkerton, the two defendants were ...
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