UNITED STATES v. MEEKER

No. 76-1878.

558 F.2d 387 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald E. MEEKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1977.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan Heller, Mattoon, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Warren E. White, Asst. U. S. Atty., Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Meeker asks us to overturn his conviction for failing to report income on his 1970 individual and corporate income tax returns. He argues that the prosecutor's repeated use of improper and prejudicial questions in examining witnesses before the jury denied him a fair trial. We reverse.

Meeker was charged with failing to report gross receipts of his sole proprietorship and wholly owned corporation for the 1970 tax year. The Government...

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