Opinion ID: 201760
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Heading: Evidence of an ad hoc conspiracy with Carmona

Text: 72 Gómez's first sufficiency of the evidence claim rests on his contention that the jury convicted him of an ad hoc conspiracy formed with Agent Carmona in the hotel room, rather than the charged conspiracy involving Hueck, Sarruco, and others. Emphasizing that there can be no conspiracy as a matter of law solely between a defendant and a government agent, United States v. Castellini, 392 F.3d 35, 51 n. 11 (1st Cir.2004), Gómez asserts that there was no evidence to support a conviction for the ad hoc conspiracy. We have already rejected the premise underlying this sufficiency of the evidence claim. Hence, we reject the related sufficiency of the evidence claim on the same basis. 73