UNITED STATES v. MURPHY

No. 86-3031.

809 F.2d 1427 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher P. MURPHY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Stuckey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey R. Chanin, San Francisco, Cal., and Ron Hoevet, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, GOODWIN and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States of America appeals from an order of the district court dismissing an indictment charging defendant Murphy with (1) conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), and (2) conspiring to conceal and falsify material facts within the jurisdiction of the IRS. We affirm.

The indictment alleges that in 1985, Whitehead and James, two undercover IRS agents, approached Murphy, Ronald Olson and Robert Gottier, and...

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