Is a defendant responsible for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting the carrying of firearms during a drug trafficking crime?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Vazquez, 977 F.2d 594 (9th Cir. 1992):
Counts four and five: These counts, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting the carrying of firearms during a drug-trafficking crime, are the substantive counts of the indictment. If foreseeable substantive offenses are committed in furtherance of the conspiracy, a conspirator is properly responsible for them. Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 646-47 (1946); Aichele, 941 F.2d at 764.
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