United States v. Robert Lewis Hedges

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• holding that a strict liability statute is not void for vagueness
• noting that the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 208(a) may be waived if the government employee makes a full disclosure and obtains a written opinion
• defendant was entitled to receive an entrapment-by-estoppel jury instruction even though the governmental agent could not actually waive or authorize a violation of the statute
• evidence purporting to justify defendant’s jury instruction to be viewed in favor of defendant
• “There has never been a suggestion that Lehman could waive or authorize a violation of the statute. On the contrary, the only issue before us, clearly, is whether Hedges acted on advice that he was not violating the statute”

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