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OCR: 17 knowl ledge element may be implied. That principle was the basis for this Court's decisions Laparota United States, 471 {1985} and United States United States Gypsum Co., 438 422 (1978) Liparota involved prosecution for unauthorized acquisition or possession of food stamps. This Court held that the government was required prove that the defendant knew that his acquisition or possession of food etamps Was unauthorized by statute reeu lation .0. that his conduct was wrongful Any other result would have risked "criminaliz| [ing] broad range of apparently innocent conduet, such m ply tearing up and throwing away food stamp coupons that were sent an individual mistake 471 U.S. at 426 United States Gypsum involved criminal prose- cution for price -fixing under the Sherman Act, U.S.C. The Cour ...