Opinion ID: 363787
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Garrity

Text: 35 There is ample evidence from which the jury could reasonably find that Garrity actively participated in the conspiracy. According to Mardones's testimony, Garrity played an active role in the purchase of four kilograms of cocaine in August, 1972. His arrival in Chile was preceded by a telegram signed with his name and using the conspirators' code name the hat. Garrity's registration at the Chilean hotel as Mr. Snake was consistent with co-conspirator McCoy's announcement that the next visitor would be the Snake. Finally, Garrity's conversation with Johnson in which he complained about O'Brien's profit-taking was evidence of Garrity's knowledge that he was acting in concert with a group of persons engaging in a series of transactions for the purpose of importing cocaine. 36 Garrity points out that neither Ossenberg nor Aguayo knew of him during the period in which the conspiracy was operating. However, a conspiracy may exist even though some of its members are not known to one another. See United States v. Kearney, 560 F.2d 1358, 1362 (9th Cir.), Cert. denied, 434 U.S. 971, 98 S.Ct. 522, 54 L.Ed.2d 460 (1977). That Garrity was not known to some of the other conspirators is not inconsistent with his membership in the conspiracy.