United States v. John J. Hilliard

How courts have described this case

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• “Although the evidence concerning a civil violation may be used to prove knowledge or intent, it may not be used to prove criminal liability.”
• deliberate ignorance instruction is improper when rationale for instruction is “too close to premising criminal liability upon a reckless disregard for the truth or a negligent failure to inquire”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).