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UNITED STATES v. LEWIS

No. 81-2258.

671 F.2d 1025 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald L. LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick B. Mathis, John J. Vassen, Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Burgess, Jr., U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Donald Lewis was convicted after a jury trial of having violated 26 U.S.C. § 7203, which so far as relevant here makes it a misdemeanor for a person required to pay federal income tax to "willfully" fail to file a tax return. He appeals on two grounds: that the trial judge should have required the government to disclose the identity of the person who informed against Lewis; and that the judge's instructions to the jury on the meaning of...

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