The United States of America v. Eddie Barboa

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• explaining that there can be no indictable conspiracy between only the defendant and a government informant
• holding “that there can be no indictable conspiracy involving only the defendant and government 5 agents or informers”
• vacating defendant’s sentence on the ground that his guilty plea was invalid because his actions did not constitute a crime
• hearing not required unless “petitioner’s allegations, if proved, would entitle him to relief” and allegations are not contravened by record
• \[T]here is no real agreement when one 'conspires' to break the law only with government agents or informants. The elements of the offense are not satisfied unless one conspires with at least one true co-conspirator.\

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