United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction for tax evasion is affirmed where: 1) sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict; 2) there was no abuse of discretion in various evidentiary rulings by the district court; 3) a claim the indictment was duplicitous failed as defendant was not prejudiced; and 4) a Brady claim failed as the cumulative effect of the suppressed evidence at issue did not undermine confidence in the verdict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/18/2008
• Published 03/19/2008

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc Woodson Barta (argued), Dallas, TX, Vicki H. Lamberson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Amarillo, TX, Nancy E. Larson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, TX, for U.S., Charles Howard Portz (argued), Portz & Portz, Houston, TX, for Miller.