NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
William McLaughlin appeals his conviction, after trial by jury, of eight counts of making and subscribing a false federal tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). McLaughlin was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a $5,000 fine on each count. The custodial sentences were to run concurrently. We reverse.
I.
In 1971, McLaughlin, a licensed residential framing contractor in California since 1959, set up a new...
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