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Braverman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States (1942) | 317 U.S. 49; 63 S. Ct. 99; 87 L. Ed. 23; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 1198; 1942 C.B. 319; 29 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1195
TL;DR: The Supreme Court held that a single criminal agreement constitutes only one conspiracy, regardless of how many illegal objectives it has. Therefore, defendants could not be sentenced for multiple conspiracies based on one continuous agreement to violate several statutes.
Legal Significance: This case establishes the fundamental principle that the “unit of prosecution” for conspiracy is the agreement itself. A single agreement forms a single conspiracy, preventing the government from multiplying charges and punishments based on the number of planned criminal acts.