Court Opinion

ID: 9836694
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-02 03:14:51.076708+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:18.596737
License: Public Domain

GIERKE, Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part):
I agree with the majority that appellee was not guilty of conspiracy. For the reasons set out in my separate opinion in United States v. Anzalone, 43 MJ 322, 326 (1995), I disagree with the majority’s holding that appellee was guilty of attempted conspiracy.
Unlike Anzalone, I cannot concur in the result in this case, because the specification and the evidence will not support a conviction of solicitation. The testimony of the undercover agent establishes that appellee did not solicit the agent to commit a crime. To the contrary, the agent solicited appellee.
I would reverse so much of the lower court’s decision as affirms a conviction of attempted conspiracy and remand the case for sentence reassessment.