United States v. Herberto Pulgar

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• holding evidence was insufficient to sustain conspiracy conviction, even though “Pulgar, no doubt, sold large quantities of cocaine to Schmidt at whole- sale prices for a period of eleven years”
• holding evidence was insufficient to sustain conspiracy conviction, even though “Pulgar, no doubt, sold large quantities of cocaine to Schmidt at whole- sale prices for a period of eleven years”
• holding evidence was insufficient to sustain conspiracy conviction, even though “Pulgar, no doubt, sold large quantities of cocaine to Schmidt at whole- sale prices for a period of eleven years”
• “[W]hen a ‘seller permits the buyer to return unsold drugs,’ he stands on the precipice of a consignment sale. And consignment sales are ‘quintessential evidence’ of a drug-distribution conspiracy.” (citation omitted
• vague evidence of a couple of fronts insufficient to sustain conspiracy conviction
• \[T]here is no rigid list or formula to prove a conspiracy....\

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