United States Eleventh Circuit
US v. Kottwitz, 08-13740
On rehearing, defendants' convictions for conspiracy to defraud the IRS are reversed where the district court was incorrect to deny defendants' accountant-reliance jury instruction because, even if it was not the only and not the most likely explanation of events leading to the guilty verdicts, an evidentiary basis existed for conviction that could have involved defendants, in fact, relying on the advice of their accountant.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/23/2010
- Published 12/23/2010
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- United States Eleventh Circuit