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UNITED STATES v. LITTLEFIELD

Nos. 83-1154, 83-1160 and 83-1175.

752 F.2d 1429 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jean D. LITTLEFIELD, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George G. NICOLADZE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred F. SOLOMON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1985.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing March 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Springer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Geoffrey Hansen, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant Jean D. Littlefield.

Stephen Kaus, Kaus & Kerr, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant George C. Nicoladze.

Peggy A. Stone, Oakland, Cal., for defendant-appellant Fred F. Solomon.

Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Littlefield, Nicoladze, and Solomon appeal their convictions for conspiracy to violate the tax laws and for various tax-related criminal offenses arising from tax shelter activities. We remand for a new trial because a Time magazine article on similarly fraudulent tax shelters was carried by one of the jurors into the jury room during deliberations and was read and discussed by one or more of the other jurors.

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