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U.S. v. HEDGES

No. 89-7705.

912 F.2d 1397 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lewis HEDGES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Beck, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Robert S. Rennett, Paul Pilchen, Mitchell S. Ettinger, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

James Eldon Wilson, U.S. Atty., Charles R. Niven, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Col. Al Rotach, HQ USAF JACN, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.

DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Hedges appeals his conviction of taking government action while having a conflicting financial interest in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 208(a). We agree with the district court that the statute is properly construed as a strict liability offense and is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to Hedges. We reverse, however, because it was error to refuse to instruct the jury on Hedges' entrapment by estoppel defense...

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