U.S. v. OPDAHL

No. 89-7823.

930 F.2d 1530 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorentz G. OPDAHL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell H. Becraft, Jr., Huntsville, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Bill L. Barnett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and PECKHAM, Senior District Judge.


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...

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