US-CA6 · jury_instructions
6th Cir. Pattern Crim. Jury Instr. 3.13
IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUCCESS
(1) One last point about conspiracy. It is no defense to a conspiracy charge that success was impossible because of circumstances that the defendants did not know about. This means that you may find the defendants guilty of conspiracy even if it was impossible for them to successfully complete the crime that they agreed to commit.
Use Note
This instruction should be used when impossibility of success has been raised as an issue.
Provenance
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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