United States v. MacIas-valencia

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• holding that “our use of the subjunctive” in mentioning an argument in passing “suggests that we knew that we were not addressing, and that we could not address” that argument
• charging the defendant with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and attempt to possess with intent to distribute
• “‘Conspiracy and attempt are inchoate crimes that do not require completion of the criminal objective.’”
• “In neither case, then, was the issue we face today ‘presented for review’ and decided. Accordingly, we are free to decide the issue without referring it to the court en banc.” (quoting Barapind, 400 F.3d at 750)

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