21 U.S.C. § 963

Attempt and conspiracy

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Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this subchapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,190 cases (65 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: United States v. Roberth Rojas
United States v. Roberth Rojas (2016) 5th Cir. · cites it 8× “§§ 959 and 960, and all in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 . The jury also found three of the four defendants guilty of aiding and abetting each other while distributing five or more kilograms of cocaine, intending and knowing that it would be unlawfully imported into the United…”
United States v. Campo Flores (2019) 2d Cir. · cites it 6× “Crotty, Judge, convicting defendants of 2 conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 , 3 959(c), 960(b)(1)(B)(ii), and sentencing each principally to 216 months' imprisonment 4 plus a $50,000 fine.”
Albernaz v. United States (1981) SCOTUS · cites it 4× “Petitioners were convicted of conspiracy to import marihuana (Count I), in violation of 21 U. S. C. § 963 , and conspiracy to distribute marihuana (Count II), in violation of 21 U.”
United States v. Levino Michelena-Orovio (1983) 5th Cir. · cites it 10× “RANDALL, Circuit Judge: The defendant, Levino Michelena-Orovio, was convicted of conspiracy to import marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 (1976), 1 and conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.”
United States v. Murad Nersesian (1987) 2d Cir. · cites it 5× “All appellants were also convicted of conspiracy to import heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 , 952, 955, and 960, with the exception of Sami Annabi, who was not charged, and Nedam Annabi, against whom the charge was dismissed.”
United States v. William Michael Elam, Richard Victor Jennings, Jr., George Anthony Seek and William Lykergus Miller, Jr (1982) 5th Cir. · cites it 6× “, were charged with conspiring to import and to distribute imported marijuana and possession of the contraband with intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 and § 846. Following a jury trial of these four defendants only, 1 guilty verdicts were returned against…”
United States v. Donald Berry Burns, United States of America v. Joseph L. Laforney (1993) 4th Cir. · cites it 5× “1 Laforney was charged with (1) conspiring to import marijuana and cocaine into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 963 ; (2) conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine, *1429 id.”
United States v. Zulquarnan Khan (1993) 9th Cir. · cites it 5× “PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: At the request of the United States, Pakistan extradited Zulquarnan Khan on charges of conspiracy to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 (Count II), and use of a communication facility to facilitate the heroin conspiracy in violation of 21 U.”
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yvonne N. AJUGWO, Defendant-Appellant (1996) 9th Cir. · cites it 5× “NELSON, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW Yvonne Ajugwo appeals her sentence imposed following her guilty plea to conspiracy *926 to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 on the grounds that the Government breached the plea agreement when it contested the applicability of U.”
United States v. Robert Morris Postal, Salem L. Forsythe, and George A. Chitty (1979) 5th Cir. · cites it 4× “The defendants in this case were convicted in a joint bench trial of conspiring to import marijuana into the United States, in violation of' 21 U.S.C. § 963 (1976), and of conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.”
United States v. Reyeros (2008) 3rd Cir. · cites it 4× “Counts 1 through 4 of the Indictment named only Jorge and charged him, in Count 1, with conspiracy to import cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 , and, in Counts 2 through 4, with exceeding authorized access to a Customs computer, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Jack Carlton Reed, Donald Kenneth Lady, Barry Kane (1993) 11th Cir. · cites it 7× “§ 846 ; Kane and Lady were convicted of conspiring to im *1571 port cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 . We reverse Reed’s CCE conviction on double jeopardy grounds.”
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