UNITED STATES v. SHORTER

No. 85-6211.

809 F.2d 54 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America v. John A. SHORTER, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plato Cacheris, Appointed by this Court, with whom Larry S. Gondelman, Appointed by this Court, was on the brief for appellant.

Laura Ross Blumenfeld, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Darryl W. Jackson, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief for appellees.

Before EDWARDS and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant stands indicted for one felony count of tax evasion and six misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income taxes. Appellant moved to dismiss count one of the indictment, claiming that the government had impermissibly attempted to avoid the statute of limitations by incorporating twelve separate offenses in one count, resulting in a duplicitous...

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