Introducing a Dealer

My question involves criminal law for the state of: ny
If person a introduces person b (potential 'customer') to person c (dealer) but no 'transactions' take place while the 3 people are together, can person a be charged with anything? And does the answer change if person a gets something off of person c for it?
Transactions = small pickings. Not major.

If you are brokering drug deals, even if you leave before the drugs are sold, you're an accessory / conspirator.

"brokering" means getting something in return right? Money or whatever.
So what if it's just:
Person b: "hey where can I get ***"

Person a: "Jim, this is Bob, Bob this is Jim".

And that's all. ?

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"brokering" means getting something in return right? Money or whatever.

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Incorrect. Brokering is lining up clientele.

So if Bob is looking for weed and you introduce him to Jim, who deals, you are brokering.

Hmm and then it just ends up back at conspiracy to traffic or something like that?

This seems like it would be something difficult to prove?

Not if one or both of your co-conspirators rolls over on you, or if an officer observes or records you setting up the deals.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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Not if one or both of your co-conspirators rolls over on you,

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Uh huh, true.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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or if an officer observes or records you setting up the deals.

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Hmm, but "setting up the deals" would presumably have to in some way involve setting up the deals? (in an identifiable manner)

Can't arrest people for talking to each other...?

Okay, you got your answer and now hope that phrasing the transaction in a different way will get you a different answer.

You know why the two should meet and introduced them.

And, actually, you CAN arrest people for talking to each other depending on the conversation. You don't have to go through the killing to be arrested for discussing the hit with a hit man.

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Quoting cyjeff

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Okay, you got your answer and now hope that phrasing the transaction in a different way will get you a different answer.

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Engaging in dialogue cyjeff, don't get your knickers in a twist.

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Quoting cyjeff

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You know why the two should meet and introduced them.

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Burden of proof.

If you're charged with something, it doesn't come down to 'what you know' ("you" of course being person a here).

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Quoting cyjeff

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And, actually, you CAN arrest people for talking to each other depending on the conversation. You don't have to go through the killing to be arrested for discussing the hit with a hit man.

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Well yeah, if you're discussing the hit....then it's a topic of conversation. Which is distinctly the OPPOSITE to my example.

And when something is not a topic of conversation.....?