United States v. Israel Carter, Jr.

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• holding because possession with intent to distribute was the unlawful object of the alleged conspiracy, the defendant could be deemed to have possessed the controlled substance through his coconspirator’s possession
• holding because possession with intent to distribute was the unlawful object of the alleged conspiracy, the defendant could be deemed to have possessed the controlled substance through his coconspirator's possession
• stating that where the record has been sufficiently developed by the district court before the appeal, the court “can agree to consider the claim on direct appeal”
• holding that the defendant had constructive possession of drugs that were being transported by a third party based on a delivery agreement he made with the driver that made it “reasonable to infer [that the defendant] had the ability to guide the destination of the cocaine”
• concluding interdependence could be inferred from co-defendants’ reliance on each other to deliver narcotics
• holding jury verdict on conspiracy necessarily included a finding that venue was proper in New Mexico where the jury found the conspiracy existed at the time cocaine was being transported through New Mexico

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).