If someone commits a crime on the advice of their lawyer who had?
Yes. Relying on the advice of a private lawyer is not a defense to the crime. American law presumes that people know the law. No, it doesnt make total sense to hold the person liable when they tried to find out if what they intended to do was legal, so this is a good topic for debate. American law recognizes a defense called mistake of law, meaning that a person couldnt have known what the law was at the time, or relied on a law that was changed later declared unconstitutional, or was advi...