United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for filing a false tax return is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he willfully filed false tax returns; 2) the government committed prosecutorial misconduct when it elicited from him, during cross-examination, that as a police officer he took an oath to uphold and enforce the law; and 3) the judge abused his discretion by precluding an argument based on what defendant characterizes as a "golden rule" appeal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/21/2007
• Decided 06/28/2007
• Published 06/28/2007

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen A. Kubiatowski (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Gerardo S. Gutierrez (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.