United States Third Circuit

Conviction for federal income tax fraud is affirmed where: 1) defendant had knowingly and voluntarily waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and, once properly waived, this right is no longer absolute; and 2) there was no reversible error in several rulings regarding a warrant and summons.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/01/2007
• Decided 08/26/2008
• Published 08/26/2008

Judges

• Before:  RENDELL, WEIS, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victoria B. Eiger, Esq. (Argued), Dershowitz, Eiger & Adelson, P.C., New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Hinton, III, Esq. (Argued), Alan Hechtkopf, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, for Appellee.