United States v. Rafael Rodriguez

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• explaining that de novo review is proper when the defendant had unsuccessfully filed a pre-trial motion to dismiss the indictment
• distinguishing Lynch I because robbery of drug traffickers was akin to robbery of a business engaged in interstate commerce
• distinguishing Lynch I because robbery of drug traffickers was akin to robbery of a business engaged in interstate commerce
• distinguishing Lynch I because robbery of drug traffickers was akin to robbery of a business engaged in interstate commerce
• upholding convictions for conspiracy to rob cocaine traffickers where “neither the narcotics nor the narcotics traffickers actually existed” since “[i]mpossibility is not .a defense to [a] conspiracy charge”
• distinguishing Lynch I because robbery of drug traffickers was akin to robbery of a business engaged in inter- state commerce

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