Court Opinion

ID: 9629380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:41:53.988355+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:12.609373
License: Public Domain

Gunderson, J.,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
Reduced to its essence, the testimony shows without dispute that, when appellant’s petition for compensation was filed, his attorney advised him to proceed — telling him that the figures could than be checked and, if need be, corrected later. Thus, in my view, although the record may show poor office procedures, it does not show criminal intent.
Moreover, assuming a factual question remained after the attorney’s advice to appellant was unequivocally established, then I think the jury should have been specifically instructed to consider that appellant acted in accordance with a licensed attorney’s advice, when considering the issue of his intent.