United States v. Anaibony Colon

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “simple possession is not a lesser‐included offense of distribution of a controlled substance”
• holding that “the elements of simple possession are not identical to the elements of distribution of cocaine or of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute or to distribute cocaine”
• stating that defendant need not be found in possession of narcotics in order to be found guilty of conspiracy to distribute
• observing that it is possible to Nos. 23-3311/3331/3333 United States v. Simpson, et al. Page 17 conspire to violate drug laws without actually committing the offense themselves
• “[The defendant] did not have to distribute or possess any [drugs] to be guilty of the conspiracy.”
• “[I]t is possible to commit the distribution element of the crime without possessing the drugs themselves.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).