Opinion ID: 1610587
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: In the course of and in furtherance of the conspiracy?

Text: For the sake of brevity this Court will not repeat every single co-conspirator statement to which Jimenez testified during his direct examination. Suffice it to say the statements allowed into evidence were made in the course of and in furtherance of the conspiracy. This Court notes specifically that several of the statements were made after the shooting occurred. For example, John Nixon, Jr. was quoted as saying, I got the rest of the money. This Court holds that this statement and others similar to it were admissible because the murder-for-hire conspiracy did not end until at the earliest, the conspirators had knowledge that payment had been made. See United States v. Xheka, 704 F.2d 974, 986 (7th Cir.1983); United States v. Fischetti, 450 F.2d 34, 41 (5th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1016, 92 S.Ct. 1290, 31 L.Ed.2d 478 (1972). For all the reasons set out above, this Court holds the trial judge committed no error in allowing Jimenez to repeat statements made by co-conspirators. Therefore, the trial court is affirmed on this point.