An appeal court overturned Nigel Paul Bigby’s cannabis-conspiracy conviction and ordered a new trial because the charge omitted an act taken to carry out the agreement. The case followed a police operation at St. Thomas’s cruise dock; local law required prosecutors to allege both agreement and action.[1]
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References
- District Court, Appellate Division — Bigby v. Government, 20 December 20002000 · 125 F. Supp. 2d 709, pp. 710–716, conclusion and note 6; drug conspiracy requires an agreement and an overt act; new trial ordered.archived
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