United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to defraud the I.R.S. and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns is affirmed over claims of error regarding the limitation of his cross-examinations, false testimony, improper impeachment evidence, and jury instructions. The case is remanded for resentencing pursuant to Booker.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2006
• Published 02/01/2006

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, McKAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:  James E. Rice and Ben Rice, Boise, ID, for Defendant-Appellant., Alan Hechtkopf and John Hinton, III, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.