UNITED STATES v. SHIELDS

No. 84-1364.

751 F.2d 247 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edgar L. SHIELDS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Ahrens, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Larry D. Hale, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Edgar L. Shields appeals from the District Court's revocation of his probation for failure to file income-tax returns. Because revocation was not supported by evidence in respect of three of the five asserted violations, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the District Court.

I.

In 1980, Shields was convicted for failure to file a federal income-tax return for 1977, a violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203 (1976), and...

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