UNITED STATES v. HIETT

No. 77-5214.

581 F.2d 1199 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy HIETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Chagra, Towner Leeper, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Jamie C. Boyd, U.S. Atty., Le Roy Morgan Jahn, W. Ray Jahn, Charles J. Muller, III, Wayne F. Speck, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., Richard B. Buhrman, Malcolm Logan, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COWEN, Senior Judge, GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 14, 1978.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction for two counts of income tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201.

Evidence presented at trial showed that from 1964 to 1970 appellant Hiett's chief source of income was a divorce consulting firm. During this time appellant routinely paid his bills by check. The divorce consulting firm closed in late 1970 or early 1971. At...

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