United States Tenth Circuit

Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy to defraud the U.S., tax evasion, and endeavoring to interfere with the administration of internal revenue laws are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the sufficiency of the evidence; 2) admission of evidence; 3) a decision to compel one defendant's attorney to testify before a grand jury; 4) jury instruction; 5) the reasonableness of one defendant's sentence; 6) the statute of limitations; 7) an ex post facto violation; and 8) denial of motions for severance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/12/2008
• Published 03/13/2008

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, McWILLIAMS, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Scott C. Williams, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant, James Thompson., Max D. Wheeler (Rodney R. Parker and Sam Harkness with him on the briefs), of Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant, Thomas E. Mower., Denver C. Snuffer, Jr. of Nelson, Snuffer, Dahle & Poulsen, P.C., Sandy, UT, for Defendant-Appellant, Leslie D. Mower., Gregory Victor Davis, Attorney, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Richard T. Morrison, Acting Assistant Attorney General;  Alan Hechtkopf, Attorney, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;   and Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney, District of Colorado, Denver, CO, of Counsel, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellee.