United States v. Min
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
704 F.3d 314 (2013)
Relevant factsFree
Senh Phun and other defendants agreed to rob a drug cartel's stash house of cocaine, unaware the entire stash house had been invented by an undercover officer and never actually existed; they were arrested before attempting the robbery and convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery. They appealed, arguing they could not be convicted of conspiring to commit a crime that was factually impossible to carry out.
IssueFree
Whether factual impossibility is a defense to the crime of conspiracy.