Understanding Criminal Law Quotes

“Because of the danger of collusion, the Model Code, like the common law, does not recognize an excuse for reliance on the advice of a private attorney. The Commentary concedes, however, that cases can “be imagined in which a client is unfairly taxed with his lawyer’s bad advice.”60”
― Joshua Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law

“However, the outcome is inconsistent with the general principle that people should not be punished in the absence of culpability, since one who acts on the basis of a reasonable mistake of law lacks moral blameworthiness.”
― Joshua Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law