Court Opinion

ID: 9456221
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:45:59.186249+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:53.636580
License: Public Domain

ELY, Circuit Judge
(concurring):
While I concur in the result, I am hopeful that our court will soon reexamine the rule that permits a defendant to be convicted of a separate charge of conspiracy to commit an offense when he is, at the same time, convicted of the substantive offense itself. Some jurisdictions, including California, have abandoned that rule, and I think rightly so. See, e. g., In re Romano, 64 Cal.2d 826, 51 Cal.Rptr. 910, 415 P.2d 798 (1966); Cal.Penal Code, § 654 (West 1957).