United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Perez, 08-2566
Conviction of defendant for filing false federal income tax returns and sentence to 33 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not violate defendant's right to be present at trial by conducting a jury instruction conference in his absence because such a conference concerns questions of law which is exempt from Fed. Rule of Crim. Proc. 43; 2) defendant waived any challenge to the district court's failure to provide a jury instruction on the government's net worth and expenditure method of proof; 3) defendant waived any challenge to the district court's limitation on his expert witness's testimony; and 4) the evidence was more than sufficient to support jury finding that defendant willfully filed false income tax returns in violation of section 7206(1).
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/10/2010
- Decided 07/06/2010
- Published 07/06/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit