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PETERSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 5963.

268 F.2d 87 (1959)

Murray L. PETERSEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin L. Rampton, Salt Lake City, Utah (Morton Galane, Las Vegas, Nev., was with him on the brief), for appellant.

J. Thomas Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah (A. Pratt Kesler, U. S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRATTON, Chief Judge, and MURRAH, PICKETT, LEWIS, and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Petersen appeals from his conviction on a two-count indictment charging income tax evasion by the filing of false returns covering the years 1951 and 1952. Trial was to a jury. The sentence was two years on each count, to run concurrently, and a $5,000 fine on each count.

By use of the net worth method of proof the government established substantial tax deficiencies in each of the two years...

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