Legal Opinion
United States v. Lorentz G. Opdahl
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1991No. 89-7823PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant appeals his conviction for conspiring to bribe an official of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Among his attacks on appeal, defendant objects to the district court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the legal authority of an IRS official to reach a “compromise” with a delinquent taxpayer to settle the taxpayer’s disputed liability. Defendant claims that, in the light of the evidence, the instruction was central to the defense theory that defendant intended the cash payments he made to an undercover agent, who was posing as an IRS official, to be a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. William David LivelyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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