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ACHILLI v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 430 and 834.

353 U.S. 373 (1957)

ACHILLI v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Atwood argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Rice argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Philip Elman, Andrew F. Oehmann and Joseph M. Howard.

Briefs of amici curiae supporting petitioner were filed by Peyton Ford, Alan Y. Cole and James C. Herndon for Davis, and Jacob Kossman and Frederick Bernays Wiener for Binion, in Nos. 430 and 834, and Carl J. Batter, pro se, in No. 430.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was charged in a three-count indictment under § 145 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 with the felony of wilfully attempting to evade federal income taxes by filing a false return.1 Upon conviction, he was sentenced to concurrent two-year prison terms and was fined $2,000 on each count. The Court of Appeals for...

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