United States v. Richard Lynn Pitt, in No. 98-7383 United States of America v. William Michael Strube, Also Known as Mike Strube, in No. 98-7497

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• rejecting an instruction on the public authority defense because there was no evidence of actual authority, but holding that an “entrapment by estoppel instruction was the proper instruction”
• “In determining whether the district court abused its discretion, this Court evaluates whether the proffered instruction was legally correct, whether or not it was substantially covered by other instructions, and whether its omission prejudiced the defendant.”

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