Supreme Court· 3/25/1975

Iannelli v. United States

Citations

420 U.S. 770
95 S. Ct. 1284
43 L. Ed. 2d 616
1975 U.S. LEXIS 52

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holding that the conspiratorial agreement may be proved by circumstantial evidence, including the acts and conduct of the coconspirators and the inferences that may be drawn from their acts
holding that Wharton’s Rule did not apply because the harm from gambling offenses committed by the defendant was not restricted to the parties to the agreement
noting that the \essence\ of a conspiracy \is an agreement to commit an unlawful act\
holding that Wharton’s Rule did not apply because a review of the applicable statutes showed that Congress did not intend that conspiracy to violate a federal gambling statute be merged with the substantive gambling offense
explaining that “an agreement to commit an unlawful act” is “the essence” of criminal conspiracy
explaining that agreement underlying conspiracy can “be inferred from the facts and circumstances of the case”

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Judges: Brennan, Powell, Douglas, Stewart, Marshall

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