Legal Opinion
United States v. Sariles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2011No. 10-50577PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Luis Angel Sariles appeals following his conviction after a bench trial of importing and possessing with intent to distribute fifty kilograms or more of marijuana. Sariles sought to assert a public authority defense at trial on the basis that he had been acting on the apparent authority of a local law enforcement officer to permit his conduct. We hold, consistent with sister circuit precedent, that the public authority defense requires a law enforcement officer who engages a defendant in covert activity to possess actual, rather than only apparent, authority to authorize…
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