The issue is a machlokes. The Chinuch on the posuk very clearly says to listen to them even you KNOW -not just think- they are wrong. Reason being better to follow them in this one mistake than risk the many mistakes if everyone did what they thought was right. Halacha L’maaseh it is also a common shaalo .e.g If you know a piece of meat is kosher or non-kosher but a Rav or Beis Din ruled otherwise are you allowed to eat it. The Minchas Elozar even goes so far as to discuss if someone knew he was innocent but Sanhedrin paskened he is chayiv misah is he allowed to run away (he says yes due to Pikuach Nefesh) Seems to me like those who say either way have legitimate sources. But perhaps this is just another area that I’m totally mistaken for not listening to people who know a lot more than me that take a clear position on this.
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