U.S. v. Baptista-Rodriguez, No. 91-5621 (11th Cir.) (17 F.3d 1354) (April 1, 1994) (Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch)
In this case the Court explained the defense of public authority and limited its use to those situations in which the Government agent in fact had the authority to empower the defendant to perform the illegal acts in question.
In its detailed analysis of the "public authority" defense, the Court …
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